Swedish tanker FURE VEN becomes the first foreign flagged vessel to bunker LNG in the United States
Chemical tanker FURE VEN, a dual-fuel vessel owned and operated by Furetank of Donsö, Sweden, has become the first non-US flagged vessel to bunker LNG in a U.S. port.
Eagle LNG Partners, a LNG bunker supplier, is the first company to deliver LNG bunker fuel to a foreign flagged vessel. This milestone paves the way for more international trading vessels to bunker at Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT).
The 18,000 DWT vessel recently transited the St. Johns River, calling at JAXPORT’s Talleyrand Marine Terminal which serves Crowley Maritime Corporation. Eagle LNG Partners safely transferred 225MT of LNG to the vessel from their on-site storage facility, with the bunkering evolution taking less than seven hours to complete.
GAC Group, a global provider of integrated shipping, logistics and marine services with Swedish heritage, assisted all parties by broking the LNG fuel and providing ship agency services to the vessel during her voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. It was the first time that GAC’s Bunker Fuels division had secured a deal to supply LNG as a marine fuel.
“LNG bunkering is becoming available in more and more places, not least the U.S., and we are confident that investing in the V-series particularly contributes to a cleaner environment worldwide,” noted Lars Höglund, CEO, Furetank.
“As an integrated service provider for all types of vessels, including LNG carriers, GAC is uniquely positioned to deliver its first LNG bunker supply to the FURE VEN,” asserted Nicholas Browne, GAC Bunker Fuels’ Global Director.
