Singapore’s annual LNG bunkering capacity is expected to hit 1m tonnes by 2021, a senior minister of state has forecast.

The push is part of the International Maritime Organisation's (IMO) aim to halve the sector’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 from 2008 levels.

“This will translate to about 300 ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operations per annum to large-LNG-fuelled vessels,” said Chee Hong Tat, Singapore’s senior minister of state for the Ministry of Transport.