Shell continues to expand its LNG bunkering network

Shell’s executives, including Dexter Belmar, VP global downstream LNG, said via social media that the company recently expanded its LNG bunkering network to Portland, UK.

“Last month, we safely completed an LNG bunkering for the Frida Knutsen at Portland Port, UK, marking our first operation in this location,” Belmar said.

“Frida Knutsen is one of the LNG dual-fuel shuttle tankers Shell has supported since the fleet’s inception over three years ago. We’ve primarily bunkered this fleet in Rotterdam and Skaw, and we’re proud to now include Portland in our growing bunkering network,” he said.

Shell cooperated with Eni Trade & Biofuels and the Port of Portland on this operation.

Belmar noted that Shell’s LNG bunkering network now includes 28 locations across 13 countries.

Shell delivered 1.1 million tonnes of marine LNG last year, hitting a new record and more than doubling the amount delivered in 2023.

This was achieved with 1000 bunkering operations across 26 bunkering locations in 12 countries, by 12 bunker barges, Belmar said earlier this year.

Shell worked with Carnival, CMA CGM, Eastern Pacific Shipping, K Line, Northern Lights JV, Seaboard Marine, ZIM, and others on the LNG bunkering operations.

The company also just signed a deal with Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd to supply the latter’s dual-fuel container vessels with bio-LNG.

The agreement builds on a strategic collaboration established in 2023, under which Shell agreed to supply LNG to Hapag-Lloyd’s giant LNG-powered containerships in the Dutch port of Rotterdam.