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The Coral Methane tanker, owned by Rotterdam-based Anthony Veder, called at Zeebrugge on 29 June to undergo cooling operations and load enough LNG to run its engines.
The Coral Methane can carry LPG and LNG. It arrived at the Belgium port to discharge ethylene vapour and replace it with methane, ready for the next cargo. Additional LNG was also loaded as heel and fuel for the engine. The LNG was delivered in several trucks by GDF SUEZ LNG in order to perform the gas-up and cool-down operations.
The Coral Methane's next charter agreement is with Sweden's AGA Gas. AGA Gas is a small-scale LNG distributor and part of its business is supplying LNG for bunkering ships.
The LNG bunkering business could grow in the next few years, as shipping companies seek cleaner alternatives to burning fuel oil because sulphur emission restrictions are due to be tightened in parts of Europe and north America from the start of next year. Oslo-based United European Car Carriers ordered two vessels in March capable of burning LNG which are likely to bunker at Zeebrugge after their delivery in the second half of 2016.
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