Total Marine Fuels Global Solutions (TMFGS) announced that the French company and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) have signed a long-term charter contract for a large LNG bunker vessel of 18,600-CM, to be delivered in 2020.
The vessel “will operate in Northern Europe and will be the first ever capable of supplying large quantities of LNG in one single bunkering operation” as TMFGS intends to serve the emerging marine LNG market for the container ships segment, including those sailing on the Europe-Asia trade.
She will be used in particular to supply CMA CGM’s new build LNG mega container ships, following the 10 years contract signed with TMFGS in December 2017.
This bunker vessel, with a length of about 135-M, will be built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding in China and fitted with the Mark III membrane containment system provided by the French company GTT, TMFGS said, adding that the newbuild vessel will be managed by MOL.

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