Petronas Completes Second LNG STS Transfer

Malaysian state-owned Petronas, through its subsidiary Petronas LNG, recently completed a second LNG break bulking ship-to-ship (STS) transfer at Brunei Bay, it said May 2. 

The break bulk operations saw the fully loaded Seri Bijaksana vessel carrying LNG cargo from Gladstone LNG, Australia, transferring smaller parcels onto two vessels for onward deliveries to different LNG terminals in Shanghai, China, Petronas said. The first cargo was transferred from the mother vessel to an 80,000 m³ vessel, Arctic Spirit, while the second cargo transfer was done with another similar size vessel, Polar Spirit.    

The back-to-back break bulking STS transfers via Arctic Spirit and Polar Spirit vessels were completed in approximately 72 hours, the company said.

In June 2018, Petronas completed its first STS operations at the same site in Brunei Bay.