Finnish delivering firm Containerships Group states its LNG-powered ship, M/S Containerships Nord, has actually finished its initial LNG bunkering at the Port of Rotterdam in advance of her initial trip.

According to the firm, around 240 statistics lots of LNG gas was filled onto the vessel throughout a ship-to-ship transfer from Shell’s specialized LNG bunkering vessel Cardissa.

The bunkering procedure happened on 24 January at a non-operational ordinary bay berth. In the future, the bunkering will certainly be executed at a regular functional berth at the same time with filling and also releasing procedures.

During the procedure, sufficient LNG gas was filled to cover Containerships Nord’s roundtrip trip from Rotterdam toSt Petersburg, using the Kiel Canal.

The Containerships Nord began cruising from China in the direction of Europe in mid-December She got to the European waters after passing the Suez Canal after 2 and also fifty percent weeks cruising. Three sibling vessels will certainly comply with the exact same path after their shipment later on this year.

As component of the contract authorized by Shell and also Containerships, which is a subsidiary of French delivery team CMA CGM, Shell will provide the LNG for Containerships’ LNG vessels using ship-to-ship bunkering at the Port ofRotterdam All the newbuilds will certainly be bunkered by Shell shelter vessels, consisting of the Cardissa.

Tahir Faruqui, General Manager, Shell Global Downstream LNG, stated: “We are proud to supply Containerships with a cleaner burning and viable fuel for the shipping industry. LNG bunkering is a very safe operation and we look forward to conducting simultaneous operations with Containerships in the future”.