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LNG Bunker Tanker on Order by Singapore Firm: Report
Singapore-based bunker company Equatorial Marine Fuel Services has ordered an liquified natural gas bunker and cargo tanker from a Chinese shipyard, according to media reports.
The vessel has a capacity of 20,000 cubic metres and is 160 metres in length, according to trade news provider Xinde Marine News.
In addition, the tanker's "optimised cargo containment system boasts a lower boil-off rate compared to vessels of a similar size, reducing operational costs", the report said.
LNG as bunker fuel is increasingly being seen by ship operators as a viable medium term solution to reducing the output of greenhouse gas emissions from shipping. However, critics say that it remains a fossil fuel and that other alternative fuels are a better bet.
