Seaspan Energy Makes S-T-S LNG Bunkering Debut

Canadian-based Seaspan Energy (Seaspan) has completed its first LNG ship-to-ship transfer (s-t-s) to a containership in the Port of Long Beach, USA.

This ship-to-ship transfer operation marks the beginning of Seaspan’s service offering of LNG bunkering on the West Coast of North America, with two LNG bunkering vessels to serve soon both the Long Beach and Vancouver markets.

The first s-t-s transfer of LNG was performed by the LNG bunkering vessel “Seaspan Garibaldi”, which is the first of three Seaspan Energy 112m-long LNG bunkering vessels to be operational.

Seaspan mentioned that the “Seaspan Garibaldi” will soon be joined by the “Seaspan Lions” and both bunkering vessels will support the market on the West Coast of North America.

Harly Penner, senior vice president, Seaspan Energy, said: “Our first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering has been five years in the making and our team is so proud of this milestone especially as this represents the first ship-to-ship bunkering on the West Coast of North America.”