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Australia Awards First Ship-to-Ship LNG Bunkering Licences
Monday May 4, 2020
The Pilbara Port Authority (PBA) has issued Australia's first licences for ship-to-ship LNG bunkering, according to the LNG Marine Fuel Institute (LNG MFI).
PPA has given licences to supplier Woodside Energy to provide ship-to-ship LNG bunkering services at the ports of Port Hedland and Dampier, LNG MFI said in an emailed statement Monday.
PPA previously awarded a truck-to-ship LNG bunkering licence to Evol LNG in 2017.
"Western Australia is well-placed to become an LNG bunkering hub, with LNG production facilities close to large iron ore mining operations and the many hundreds of ocean-going vessels that use ports in the Pilbara region," Lyle Banks, PPA's general manager for development and trade, said in the statement.
