Two energy majors have circulated requirements in the market for large LNG bunker vessels (LNGBVs) as they zone in on new business and try to build out infrastructure for the emerging fuelling sector.
Industry sources working in this sector said Total has put out a request for offers on a vessel of just under 19,000 cbm.
They said it plans to position the LNGBV in Marseilles in the south of France, where it could be used to supply bunkers to French liner company CMA CGM’s 15,000-teu, dual-fuel newbuildings, which deliver from 2021, and cruise vessels in the Mediterranean.
