US bunkers ship with renewable LNG for first time
Small-scale LNG supplier JAX LNG announced on September 23 it had bunkered a ship in Jacksonville, Florida, with renewable LNG (RLNG), marking the first time the fuel has been used in shipping in the US.
JAX LNG loaded a mix of RLNG and normal LNG into the Clean Jacksonville bunkering barge. The barge was used to refuel the Isla Bella LNG-fuelled containership, put into service by TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico in 2015. The renewable gas was supplied by Element Markets and its clean origin was guaranteed using renewable thermal certificates.
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LNG bunkering is far less commonplace in the US than in Europe and Asia, although it is growing in popularity because of its low emissions compared with oil-based fuels. Responding to increasing demand, JAX LNG said in May it intended to triple the capacity of its Jacksonville facility to 360,000 gallons/day by early 2022.
TOTE relies on JAX LNG to refuel two of its containerships: Isla Bella and Perla del Caribe.