Energy major Total has sealed a deal with France’s Brittany Ferries to supply LNG as a fuel to the ferry company’s recently ordered 1,680-passenger newbuilding for the Portsmouth-Caen route from 2019.
Speaking at the IQPC LNG Bunkering Summit 2017 in Amsterdam, Total Marine Fuels managing director Olivier Jouny announced that the two companies have agreed to finalise the contract, without giving further details of the arrangement.
Jouny said the fuelling arrangement will be a tailor-made solution since there are no LNG storage facilities in either of the ferry’s ports of call.
He said this would entail delivering LNG by truck and the use of ISO containers.
Last week TradeWinds reported that Brittany Ferries is considering a roll-on, roll-off LNG fuelling solution for its newbuilding, which will be built at Germany’s Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft.
This involves the use of a truck-loading, ISO fuel tank container that can be removed by trailer when the vessel docks in port and replaced with a full unit.
Jouny also revealed that from tomorrow Total is reorganising its marine bunkering operations under a new grouping called Total Marine Fuels Global Solutions.
He said this will cover the full spectrum of options from the supply of marine gas oil to exhaust gas scrubbers through to what the company sees as the long-term option – LNG.
Jouny said Total is targeting supplying 1m tonnes per annum of LNG as a fuel by 2025, giving it a 10% market share in this growing market.
