LNG bunker supply for Brazilian ports

Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) has successfully delivered the 7,500 cbm Avenir Accolade to its owner, a subsidiary of Avenir LNG Limited (Avenir LNG). Designed to support small-scale LNG distribution and bunkering, the vessel will enter a 3-year bareboat charter to LNG Power Limited, a subsidiary of Hygo Energy Transition.

Peter Mackey, CEO of Avenir LNG Limited, commented: “The delivery of the Avenir Accolade is another important milestone in delivering our strategy of building Avenir LNG into the world’s leading small-scale LNG supply company, enabled by a market-leading set of assets. 2021 is a transformational year for Avenir LNG as we commission our on-shore LNG terminal in Sardinia in the coming weeks and continue to expand our fleet with the addition of four more newbuild vessels by year end.”

Similar to the first vessel delivered to Avenir LNG by Keppel O&M, the 7,500m3 Avenir Accolade was built at Keppel Nantong Shipyard in China, and is equipped with engines that can run on both diesel and LNG. Keppel O&M’s technology arm, Offshore Technology Development (OTD), also installed and commissioned the vessel’s Ballast Water Treatment System.

Keppel O&M has developed a suite of solutions in both the demand and supply of LNG as fuel. It previously delivered the Avenir Advantage, South East Asia’s first LNG bunkering vessel, as well as the FueLNG Bellina, Singapore’s first LBV, and is currently building dual-fuel vessels such as containerships, dredgers and LBVs.

The company is also promoting LNG as a marine fuel through FueLNG, its joint venture with Shell Eastern Petroleum (Pte) Ltd, which provides safe truck and vessel LNG bunkering solutions in Singapore.