The operation was carried out by SSES’s 20 000 m³ bunkering vessel, HAI GANG WEI LAI, which delivered LNG to the 15 000 TEU containership, ZIM SAMMY OFER, while concurrently finishing up cargo operation (SIMOPS) at Yangshan Port. The bunkering operation was accomplished safely and effectively, with the help Shanghai Maritime Bureau, Customs and Border Inspection authorities.

This marks an vital milestone for SSES and Avenir LNG’s partnership in selling decarbonisation and clear power transition options within the delivery and logistics business.

Zhang Da, normal supervisor of the SSES, mentioned: “In recent times, LNG has quickly change into the brand new pattern of energy gas for worldwide voyages, whereas inexperienced and low-carbon has change into the fundamental consensus and aim for the long run growth of the port and delivery business. Because the implementation of the Shanghai Port’s bonded LNG bunkering undertaking, it has at all times been extremely valued by the Shanghai Municipal Authorities, and all related departments have given immense help. ZIM, one of many world’s main delivery firms, can also be a long-term associate of Shanghai Port. Beneath the management of SIPG, we’ll deepen the cooperation with ZIM and discover the sustainable growth of inexperienced delivery collectively.”

Peter Mackey, CEO of Avenir LNG, added: “We’re delighted to have supported our associate SSES in bunkering ZIM’s first LNG-fuelled containership within the Port of Shanghai. This can be a vital milestone for Avenir as we proceed to broaden our world bunkering footprint and help the delivery business’s transition to cleaner fuels.”

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