TotalEnergies Marine Fuels completes first LNG bunker operations for the Angelicoussis Group

On 23 August 2023, TotalEnergies Marine Fuels equipped 2700 t of LNG to Maran Tankers Administration’s (MTM) very massive crude provider (VLCC), Maran Danae, through the Gasoline Agility LNG bunker vessel in Rotterdam.

This LNG bunkering operation adopted the Gasoline Agility’s provide of MTM’s dual-fuel VLCC, Antonis I. Angelicoussis, with 2700 t of LNG in July. Antonis I. Angelicoussis is chartered to TotalEnergies.

Maran Danae and Antonis I. Angelicoussis are amongst 4 new DF VLCCs that MTM, the oil tanker transport arm of Angelicoussis Group, took supply this 12 months. The vessels emit 42% much less carbon dioxide than an equal 10-year-old VLCC, which in response to MTM, makes them probably the most environmentally pleasant VLCCs on the earth.

“We’re happy to construct on our longstanding partnership with MTM and to assist the Angelicoussis Group’s decarbonisation objectives with these inaugural LNG bunker operations,” stated Oguz Önalan, Normal Supervisor of Bunker Buying and selling and Operations for Europe and Africa, TotalEnergies Marine Fuels.

“Importantly, the operations exhibit TotalEnergies Marine Fuels’ means to serve a broad spectrum of the market’s wants promptly and flexibly by way of our provide community, whether or not by fulfilling long-term contracts or offering short-term market-sensitive options. We stand able to serve the rising LNG bunker necessities of various vessel varieties in several circumstances, because the transport {industry}’s decarbonisation ambitions speed up.”

Mark Pearson, Managing Director of MTM, added: “Angelicoussis Group actively embraces the vitality transition and adopts sustainable initiatives with the purpose of decarbonising our fleet. Aside from consistently monitoring and optimising the vitality effectivity of our present fleet, we additionally spend money on the vessels of the longer term. The supply of our first 4 LNG DF VLCCs and two LNG DF bulk carriers this 12 months marks a milestone in our decarbonisation technique. These deliveries, in addition to the eight DF suezmaxes which now we have at the moment on order, reiterate our dedication to LNG as the very best low-carbon marine gas out there. We strongly imagine that cross-industry collaboration is essential in the direction of a greener future and we’re delighted to have efficiently accomplished the LNG bunkering operations of our DF VLCCs Antonis I. Angelicoussis and Maran Danae with the invaluable contribution of our longstanding companion, TotalEnergies Marine Fuels.”

TotalEnergies Marine Fuels has actively invested in LNG bunkering infrastructure, vital to supporting its transport clients’ adoption of LNG as a marine gas. The corporate at the moment charters two 18 600 m³ LNG bunker vessels: the Gasoline Agility, on the Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands, and the Gasoline Vitality, on the Port of Marseille-Fos, France.

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