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Kanfer Shipping, EGAS, Leth Suez Transit to

establish LNG bunkering JV in Suez Canal

EGYPT STATE-OWNED Egyptian Natural Gas Hold- liquefaction facilities. This puts it in a unique
ing Company (EGAS) has signed a memoran- and competitive position to serve as a a key LNG
dum of understanding (MoU) with Norway’s bunkering hub.
Kanfer Shipping and Denmark’s Leth Suez There are three places in Egypt where LNG
Transit to build a strategic and competitive LNG can be sources: the Damietta plant, the IDKU
bunkering hub in the Suez Canal. terminal and the floating storage and regasifica-
The joint venture will charter the bunkering tion unit (FSRU) stationed in Ain Sokhna. This
ship, handle the administration and daily oper- gives flexibility and more opportunities for LNG
ation of the ship, purchase the LNG from EGAS bunkering in both Port Said and Suez. ™
or other sources and trade with ship owners and
the maritime industry at Egyptian ports in the
Mediterranean, the Suez Canal and the Red Sea.
Egypt is a strategic location for international
shipping and will be an important location for
LNG bunkering calls between Europe and Asia.
More than 20,000 ships are transiting the Suez
Canal annually, and all ships have waiting time
before the daily convoy commences. This time
can be utilized efficiently by replenishing bun-
kers in either Port Said or Suez.
There are other important ports along the
Egyptian Mediterranean coast where ships will
need LNG bunkering. There is an increasing
number of dual-fuel ships on order, with about
511 ships in the pipeline globally, in addition to
the existing fleet of 304 ships.
One of the key advantages of Egypt as an
LNG bunkering site is that the country has Rendering of Liquid Methane Bunkering Vessel (LMBV) licensed by Kanfer from
abundant natural gas resources, as well as CGR Arctic Marine for use in LNG bunkering operations (Image: Kanfer Shipping)

Ghanaian MP unveils plans

for Tema-Takoradi gas pipe

GHANA FRANK Annoh-Dompreh, a member of One of these distribution nodes will be
Ghana’s Parliament representing the Nsawam located in Nsawam, the capital of the Nsawam
Adoagyiri municipal district in Eastern region, Adoagyiri municipal district, and this facility
has unveiled the state-owned natural gas con- will also act as a mini-processing plant for some
cern’s plans to build a 290-km pipeline system of the gas passing through that part of the net-
serving four regions. work, he added.
In a Twitter post dated August 11, “These are the names of the towns the gas
Annoh-Dompreh, who also serves as Parlia- pipeline will pass through in Nsawam [Adoagy-
ment’s majority Chief Whip, explained that iri]: Damming, Nsawam, Nsumia, Fotobi, Ama-
Ghana Gas would construct the pipeline along from, Sakyikrom, Anof, Owuraku, Afumkrom,
a route that began in Tema and terminated in Ahodzo [and] Doboro, just to name a few,” he
Takoradi. wrote in a Twitter thread.
The link will pass through the Western, Cen- He also stated that he expected the project to
tral, Eastern and Greater Accra regions and will create new jobs for residents of the communities
have eight distribution nodes, he stated. where the pipeline was being built.

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