New Delhi, November 09, 2021: On 5 November 2021, the first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering took place in Estonia.
The newbuild Optimus bunkered Tallink’s shuttle ferry Megastar at the Old City Harbour of Tallinn. Megastar is sailing between Tallinn and Helsinki.
“Ship-to-ship bunkering of LNG has not been done in Estonian ports before,” said Kento Tamm, Optimus’ captain.
Tarvink-Carlos Tuulik, captain of Tallink, said that Optimus significantly simplifies the bunkering of Megastar. In other words, a much larger amount of LNG can be bunkered from a ship at once according to the reports published in offshore-energy.biz.
Optimus’ service area will be the Gulf of Finland region of the Baltic Sea and its immediate surroundings. The ship is capable of bunkering tankers, cargo, passenger, and cruise ships; its tanks and pumps both on the high seas and in ports. It is able to deliver up to 6000 cubic metres of LNG at a speed of up to 1000 m3/hour.
Dutch company Damen built the LNG bunkering ship.