Angelicoussis Group-controlled Maran Tankers Management fuelled two of its four LNG dual-fuelled VLCCs after securing bilateral short-term spot market supply deals for LNG, TotalEnergies Marine Fuels said.
The French energy major’s bunker supply arm said it provided 2,700 tonnes of LNG to Maran Tankers’ 321,019-dwt VLCC newbuilding Maran Danae on 23 August in Rotterdam using TMF’s 18,600-cbm LNG bunker vessel Gas Agility (built 2020).
A month earlier, Gas Agility had supplied the same amount to a sister ship, the VLCC newbuilding Antonis I Angelicoussis, which is on charter to TotalEnergies.
TMF said the spot supply deals signal “the growing maturity of the lower-carbon marine fuel”.
The fuelling company said the Maran Tankers’ VLCCs emit 42% less CO2 than an equivalent 10-year-old VLCC. The Greek owner claims the vessels are “the most environmentally friendly VLCCs in the world”.
TMF’s general manager of bunker trading and operations for Europe and Africa said the two bunkering operations “demonstrate TotalEnergies Marine Fuels’ ability to serve a broad spectrum of the market’s needs promptly and flexibly through our supply network, whether by fulfilling long-term contracts or providing short-term market-sensitive solutions”.
Maran Tankers Management managing director Mark Pearson said: “The delivery of our first four LNG dual-fuel VLCCs and two LNG dual-fuel bulk carriers this year marks a milestone in our decarbonisation strategy.
Pearson flagged that the company has eight LNG dual-fuelled suezmax tankers on order and said Maran reiterates its commitment to LNG as “the best low-carbon marine fuel available”.
“We strongly believe that cross-industry collaboration is key towards a greener future,” he said.
