New Pavilion Agreement to Support Singapore Bunkering Development Efforts

by Ship & Bunker News Team
Friday November 25, 2016

Pavilion Energy has signed an agreement with Harley Marine, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL), and Mitsui & Co Ltd (Mitsui), which will see the four companies cooperate within Singapore's liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering pilot programme, local media reports.

As Ship & Bunker reported in January, Pavilion Gas was awarded a licence for LNG bunkering in Singapore by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).

Seah Moon Ming, Pavilion Energy CEO, Thursday said the new agreement will support Pavilion's development of LNG bunker supply and delivery models.

Seah notes that, with the help of $4 million in funding from the MPA, Harley Marine is set to build two dual-fuelled conventional bunker tankers, which Pavilion Energy will supply with LNG bunkers.

While Seah did not provide details on Pavilion's cooperation with MOL and Mitsui, he did say the group's collaboration with the Japanese partners would work to "build a robust LNG bunkering ecosystem in Singapore, Japan and the region."

At a recent LNG producer-consumer conference in Tokyo, Seah was quoted as saying: "there is a clear need to shift our thinking away from just supply-demand dynamics, towards investing ahead for a clean and sustainable future."

"We can start by not thinking of emerging countries that are in need of energy as 'demand centres' or 'LNG sinks'. Our focus should instead be on developing LNG solutions."

In September, Pavilion announced that it would work along with Exxon Mobil Corp. (ExxonMobil) to develop LNG bunkering in Singapore, as well as other downstream projects.