{"id":393,"date":"2025-02-10T09:53:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T01:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/portsmouth-international-port-unveils-lng-bunkering\/"},"modified":"2025-02-10T09:53:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T01:53:19","slug":"portsmouth-international-port-unveils-lng-bunkering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/portsmouth-international-port-unveils-lng-bunkering\/","title":{"rendered":"Portsmouth International Port unveils LNG bunkering"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"max-width:900px; margin:0 auto; background-color:rgb(246,246,246); padding:20px;line-height:30px\">\n<p><strong>Portsmouth International Port has announced the first bunkering <\/p>\n<p>transfer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) at the port.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1739150800853671-1.jpg\" alt=\"Portsmouth International Port unveils LNG bunkering\" title=\"Portsmouth International Port unveils LNG bunkering\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; padding:20px 0px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Saint-Malo, the first of two new electric-hybrid ships from Brittany <\/p>\n<p>Ferries soon to be entering service from the city, took on LNG fuel from the <\/p>\n<p>Optimus, a bunkering barge operated by Titan Clean Fuels.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Titan was issued a permit to perform LNG bunkering operations at Portsmouth <\/p>\n<p>International Port earlier this month, following a long-term agreement signed <\/p>\n<p>between the Dutch company and Brittany Ferries, for the supply of the cleaner <\/p>\n<p>fuel.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>LNG bunkering is now available to all customers sailing into and out of <\/p>\n<p>Portsmouth International Port.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>LNG emits significantly lower levels of harmful particulates compared to <\/p>\n<p>usual heavy marine fuel oils, which leads to an improvement in air quality for <\/p>\n<p>residents. LNG also allows for the blending of BioLNG derived from organic waste <\/p>\n<p>at any proportion requested, offering further decarbonisation options to the <\/p>\n<p>shipping industry.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Ben McInnes, Harbour Master at Portsmouth International Port, said: \u201cWe\u2019ve <\/p>\n<p>worked hard to make sure we can bring safe and efficient LNG bunkering to our <\/p>\n<p>customers, including visits to other LNG operations in Europe, and employing <\/p>\n<p>independent expert consultants.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs well as our goals to be carbon net-neutral by 2030 and emissions-free <\/p>\n<p>by 2050, we\u2019re also committed to improving air quality for those who live and <\/p>\n<p>work in Portsmouth, which we can do by providing LNG.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLater this year we\u2019ll also be offering clean electricity to ships that are <\/p>\n<p>able to plug into our new shore power system, further improving air quality and <\/p>\n<p>reducing emissions for those ships, with the prospect of zero emissions for <\/p>\n<p>hybrid vessels operating within Portsmouth harbour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Gregoire Hartig, commercial director at Titan, added: \u201cWith Brittany <\/p>\n<p>Ferries, we are extremely happy to support a ferry operator investing in and <\/p>\n<p>acting to reduce its environmental footprint.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a pioneer in the delivery of LNG and LBM (Liquid BioMethane) to the <\/p>\n<p>shipping community, Titan strives at making the shipping industry more <\/p>\n<p>sustainable and fit for tightening regulations. A very warm welcome to Brittany <\/p>\n<p>Ferries amongst our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Last March, the Port Authority of Bilbao and Portsmouth International Port <\/p>\n<p>signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to help expand freight and passenger <\/p>\n<p>travel between the ports.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portsmouth International Port has announced the first bunkering transfer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) at the port.The Saint-Malo, the first of two new electric-hybrid ships from Brittany Ferries soon to be entering service from the city, took on LNG fuel from the Optimus, a bunkering barge oper&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"hj_lang":[3],"class_list":["post-393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393"},{"taxonomy":"hj_lang","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hj_lang?post=393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}