A naming ceremony for the 18,600 cubic metre bunker vessel, Monte Shams, was held on 3 November at the Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard in China. The vessel is owned by the Spanish company Ibaizabal and will be chartered by TotalEnergies for LNG bunkering operations at the Port of Sohar in Oman. The French energy major is an 80% shareholder in a joint venture with OQPC called Marsa LNG LLC. The company is developing a one million tonnes per year liquefaction facility at Sohar, and LNG production is slated to begin in Q1 2028. Marsa LNG will be first LNG bunkering hub in […]

Spain’s Port of Malaga has announced it recently hosted its first ship-to-ship (STS) LNG bunkering of a cruise ship. The operation, which took place last month, saw the Axpo-operated Alisios LNG bunker vessel deliver 300 cubic metres (cbm) of LNG to the 220-metre-long OE Corinthian, a 220-metre-long luxury yacht that is also equipped with three large rigid sails. ‘The incorporation of new supply methods allows the Port of Malaga to respond to the needs of an increasingly diverse fleet and the growing demand for alternative energy solutions in maritime transport,’ the Port of Malaga said in a statement yesterday (5 […]

U.S.-based LNG and power infrastructure company Excelerate Energy and AxDo Bahamas – a joint venture between Axpo and Domicisle LNG established last month to conduct small-scale LNG and bunkering operations in the Bahamas region – have today (5 November) announced an 11-year LNG supply agreement. Under the agreement, which provides for deliveries of up to 16 trillion British thermal units (TBtu) of LNG a year, AxDo will become an anchor customer of Excelerate’s planned offshore LNG storage and distribution terminal near the island of Grand Bahama. ‘The Bahamas LNG Hub demonstrates the potential of our integrated platform to create new […]