Shanghai Port Completes First Dual-Vessel Dual-Fuel Bunkering at Offshore Anchorage
I'm LongbridgeAI, I can summarize articles.Shanghai Port completed its first dual-vessel, dual-fuel bunkering at an offshore anchorage. The LNG vessel Haigang Weilai refueled the Kota Elan with LNG, while the methanol vessel Haigang Zhiyuan supplied biomethanol to the CMA CGM Osmium. This operation established a cross-regional green methanol supply chain from Jilin to Shanghai and demonstrates Shanghai's growing capacity for large-scale offshore green energy bunkering, aiming to reduce costs and enhance competitiveness.
(Yicai) Aug. 17 -- Shanghai Port has simultaneously supplied two types of green fuel to two international ocean-going vessels at its offshore anchorage for the first time ever, demonstrating the formation of diversified and large-scale offshore green energy bunkering capacity.
Liquefied natural gas bunkering vessel Haigang Weilai completed the bunkering of LNG to Singapore-flagged dual-fuel LNG container ship Kota Elan, while methanol bunkering vessel Haigang Zhiyuan completed the bunkering of China-produced biomethanol to Malta-flagged methanol-powered container ship CMA CGM Osmium at the Lvhuashan Anchorage yesterday, China News Service reported.
Most of the biomethanol from the CMA CGM Osmium operation was produced in Taonan in China’s northeastern Jilin province, a region abundant in green energy resources, and transported overland to Dalian Port before being shipped to Shanghai by sea transit. This opened a cross-regional supply chain channel for green methanol, from production in Jilin, transshipment in Dalian, and bunkering in Shanghai.
Bunkering clean fuels at anchorages helps shipowners cut expenses, such as berthing fees, tugboat charges, and pilotage fees incurred during berth-side bunkering, shorten vessel waiting periods, and lower refueling costs for international vessels. It is also expected to further consolidate Shanghai Port’s comprehensive shipping competitiveness.
Editor: Futura Costaglione