Singapore-based ship management company Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has revealed that its liquified natural gas (LNG)-powered tanker Starway completed the company’s first LNG bunkering operation in USA.
As informed, the bunkering operation took place at Galveston offshore anchorage, USA, on 24 August. The Suezmax tanker received 3,300 cubic meters of LNG via a ship-to-ship transfer operation from Avenir Achievement, a 20,000 cubic meters LNG bunkering vessel chartered by Shell.
To remind, EPS took delivery of Starway last year. Its sister ship, Greenway, is the world’s first dual-fuel LNG Suezmax tanker, according to the firm. Last year, the vessels conducted several bunkering operations. Starway currently trades in the spot market.