Shell’s New Frontier 2 completes debut LNG bunkering in Jamaica
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Shell’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker vessel, New Frontier 2 has completed its inaugural bunker operation in Jamaica.
The bunkering operation was carried out at the Port of Jamaica in the Portland Bight area of St. Catherine. Portland Bight is a large marine and terrestrial area on the island located southwest of Kingston.
The operation was carried out with the assistance of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ) and the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ). Shell’s head of downstream LNG, Tahir Faruqui commented, ”this also signified an important milestone for us in Jamaica where we conducted our first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering in Portland Bight.”
New Frontier 2 is an 18,000 cubic metre LNG bunker vessel, which is the third ship deployed in the Americas and is part of Shell’s lineup of 12- bunker vessels. New Frontier 2 was christened in July this year.
Details about New Frontier 2
The ship was built by South Korean shipbuilding company, Hyundai Mipo Dockyard. Shell signed a charter agreement with South Korean shipping company Pan Ocean for this vessel.
According to the company, New Frontier 2 is capable of bunkering multiple ship types, both in port and offshore. It can also provide loading and gas-up/cool-down services to LNG carriers and LNG-fueled vessels.
In March this year, Shell and Israeli shipping company, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services completed the bunkering of containership ZIM Sammy Ofer with LNG in Jamaican waters. As a result, Kingston, Jamaica has become a new LNG bunkering location for Shell, expanding its global LNG bunkering network to 16 locations, across 11 countries.
ZIM Sammy Ofer is the first in a series of ten 15,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) LNG dual-fuel containerships that ZIM plans to deploy on their ZCP trade line. Construction of the vessel began at the end of 2021, supported by the MAJ, which helped in enabling LNG bunkering in Jamaica.
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