Singapore maritime authorities are looking to double the number of LNG bunker suppliers in the city state by February.
The Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) launched a request for proposal (RFP) on Tuesday for parties seeking to supply LNG bunker.
The maritime regulator said it would issue up to two additional supplier licences to support growing demand for the greener fuel in Singapore.
Interested parties are asked to request a copy of the RFP document from the MPA. The closing date for submission of proposals is 15 December.
“A proposal must contain an end-to-end LNG bunkering solution, which should include details about its LNG supply and delivery model, its LNG sources and its marketing plan for the sale of LNG bunkers,” the MPA said.
Singapore first disclosed it would be launching a RFP for additional LNG bunker suppliers at the 21st Singapore International Bunkering Conference and Exhibition held earlier this month.
The current two licensed LNG bunker suppliers in Singapore are FueLNG, a joint venture between Keppel Offshore & Marine and Shell Eastern Petroleum, and Pavilion Energy Singapore.
The first LNG bunker vessel for Singapore, which will be operated by FueLNG, is due to begin operations by the end of this year.
The 7,500-cbm FueLNG Bellina (built 2020), which is being constructed at Keppel Nantong Shipyard in China, was recently named in a virtual ceremony.
LNG fuelling in Singapore has been carried out via a truck-to-ship transfers.
When operational, the vessel’s first contracts will be to provide ship-to-ship LNG bunkering to the Shell-chartered tankers and for one of Hapag Lloyd’s container vessels.
Earlier this month, a Singapore government minister said the country's annual LNG bunkering capacity was expected to hit 1m tonnes by next year.
This will translate to about 300 ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operations per annum to large LNG-fuelled vessels, according to Chee Hong Tat, Singapore’s senior minister of state for the Ministry of Transport.
