The brand-new seagoing LNG bunkering vessel Cardissa has actually gotten to the port of Rotterdam where it will provide LNG gas to a wide variety of vessels in support ofRoyal Dutch Shell

The cutting edge Cardissa has capability to hold about 6,500 cubic meters of LNG shelter gas, which it will certainly fill at Rotterdam’s Gate LNG import terminal, or various other areas in Europe if required.

Ordered in 2015, the vessel was developed by STX Offshore & & Shipbuilding and also includes an LNG transfer system and also below cooler system making it with the ability of filling from huge or little terminals and also able to bunker a variety of consumer vessels, consisting of containerships, ferryboats and also seaside vessels.

On Friday, Shell additionally introduced that it has actually wrapped up a long-lasting arrangement with a joint endeavor in between Victrol NV and also CFT to charter a LNG shelter barge with a capability to lug 3,000 cubic meter of LNG gas. The shelter barge will certainly additionally run out of Rotterdam and also offers Shell a lot more versatility to give LNG bunkering solutions to a series of clients, consisting of vessels operating Europe’s inland rivers.

More ship proprietors and also drivers are picking cleaner-burning LNG gas over conventional aquatic gas to reply to sulphur and also nitrogen oxide discharges guidelines, consisting of the IMO’s current choice to apply a worldwide 0.5% sulphur cap in 2020.

“LNG as a marine fuel has an important role to play in the future energy mix,” claimed Steve Hill, Executive Vice President ofShell Energy “With these bunker vessels, as well as the Gate terminal, Shell is demonstrating its commitment to building a robust and reliable supply chain to meet customer needs. With tougher emissions regulations on the horizon, we will continue to work closely with our customers and partners on cleaner energy solutions.”

The brand-new bunkering vessels are the most up to date in Shell’s technique to improve its setting in Europe’s gas and also LNG market. In April, Shell introduced a contract with Sovcomflot to provide LNG for words’s very first LNG-powered Aframax petroleum vessels, which will certainly run in the Baltic Sea and also Northern Europe, transferring petroleum and also oil items.

Shell will certainly additionally provide LNG gas to the globe’s very first LNG-powered cruise liner adhering to a contract withCarnival Corporation When finished, both vessels will certainly be the globe’s biggest guest cruise liner and also will certainly get in solution in northwest Europe and also the Mediterranean in 2019.