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First LNG refueling for intl. ship completed at Yantian port

Writer: Xinhua  |  Editor: Liu Minxia  |  From:   |  Updated: 2022-11-23

Type C LNG bunker vessel XIN AO PU TUO HAO, an offshore LNG bunkering terminal at Yantian port, successfully filled liquefied natural gas (LNG) into CMA CGM SORBONNE yesterday, marking the first LNG refueling business for an international ship in Shenzhen and also in South China. Yantian port has thus become the fourth in the world to provide LNG refueling services, after the ports of Singapore, Rotterdam and Shanghai. 

The new LNG bunkering terminal at Yantian port, built by the Yantian District Government, PetroChina, Shenzhen Gas Group and the Yantian Port Group, fills the gap in marine LNG bunkering infrastructure in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and demonstrates the region’s pioneering ecological credentials.

Yantian is ideally situated for the construction of the LNG bunkering terminal. As a hub port it has almost 100 weekly routes, mostly with international ships and can accommodate 200,000 t super-large ships. Shenzhen has five gas sources including the West-East Gas Pipeline, imported LNG from Australia, and the Hua'an LNG receiving station.

The number of LNG-fuelled ships is increasing, largely due to LNG’s environmental benefits — it produces 80% less nitrogen oxide emissions and 40% less carbon dioxide emission than marine fuel oil, with little sulphur and no particulate emissions. 

The type C LNG bunker vessel, XIN AO PU TUO HAO, is aligned with the LNG-powered dual-fuel container ship, CMA CGM SORBONNE, at Yantian port in Shenzhen yesterday.  Photos from Xinhua

The type C LNG bunker vessel, XIN AO PU TUO HAO, is filling LNG fuel into CMA CGM SORBONNE at Yantian port in Shenzhen yesterday.

Workers at the type C LNG bunker vessel, XIN AO PU TUO HAO, at Yantian port in Shenzhen yesterday.

The type C LNG bunker vessel, XIN AO PU TUO HAO, is sailing toward CMA CGM SORBONNE at Yantian port in Shenzhen yesterday.

Type C LNG bunker vessel, XIN AO PU TUO HAO, is filling LNG fuel into CMA CGM SORBONNE at Yantian port in Shenzhen yesterday.