The Shell-chartered inland bunkering vessel LNG London, owned by a joint venture of Belgium’s Victrol and France’s Sogestran, has reached a new operational milestone.
According to a social media post by Victrol, LNG Shipping’s vessel completed over 1,000 LNG bunkering operations across the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp over the past few years.
“With this milestone, LNG London reaffirms its pioneering role in promoting sustainable, lower-emission bunkering throughout the Amsterdam–Rotterdam–Antwerp (ARA) hub,” Victrol said.
Launched in June 2019, LNG London has a capacity of 3,000 cbm and spans 110 meters in length.
The vessel supplies LNG fuel to both seagoing vessels and barges.
LNG Shipping and Shell previously said that LNG London was the first inland LNG bunker vessel in Europe.
Shell loads LNG with the vessel at the Dutch Gate terminal in Rotterdam, operated by Gasunie and Vopak.
Last year, Shell boosted its LNG bunkering business in Europe by adding a new inland LNG bunkering barge owned by LNG Shipping.
Türkiye’s RMK Marine delivered what is said to be Europe’s largest inland waterway LNG bunkering barge.
The shipbuilder built the 8,000-cbm barge named Energy Stockholm for owners Victrol and Sogestran and charterer Shell.
This newbuild works from Gate along the smaller bunkering barge, LNG London.