Shipping and logistics firm CMA CGM, FueLNG, a joint venture between Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) and Shell, and Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) have completed Asia's first ship-to-containership LNG bunkering operation, Keppel O&M said on March 24.  

The containership, CMA CGM Scandola, was fuelled with 7,100 m³ of LNG from FueLNG Bellina, Singapore’s first LNG bunkering vessel. 

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CMA CGM Scandola is the first of six new 15,000-Teu LNG-powered containerships which CMA CGM Group has lined up to be bunkered in Singapore this year. These ships will be deployed on CMA CGM’s MEX 1 service between Asia and the Mediterranean, Keppel said. 

This is also the first ship-to-ship operation for FueLNG Bellina. Keppel O&M said that FueLNG aimed to undertake some 30 to 50 ship-to-ship bunkering operations this year.