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DNG to start South African
LNG bunkering next year
PIPELINES & SOUTH Africa’s DNG Energy plans to begin terminal infrastructure and finalising the deliv-
TRANSPORT LNG bunkering in 2021 in the Port of Coega in ery of storage and bunkering equipment, he
the Eastern Cape, after getting approval from continued.
authorities, it said on October 14. DNG’s plans for Algoa involve a 160,000
A licence was issued by the Transnet National cubic metre floating LNG (FLNG) storage facil-
Port Authority, giving DNG the right to moor ity and an 8,000-tonne LNG bunker barge, con-
its floating storage unit (FSU) in Algoa Bay. The struction of which was commissioned in South
company will offer onshore and offshore bun- African Shipyards in 2018. The vessel is the
kering, using ship-to-ship transfers for interna- largest by weight to be built on the African con-
tional trading vessels, and so-called LNG “milk tinent to date. DNG had earlier hoped to begin
run” deliveries within the country. This will bunkering in the second quarter of 2020, but
involve placing LNG in containers and truck- its operations and the permitting process were
ing it to consumers for use in power generation, delayed owing to the coronavirus (COVID-19)
replacing more polluting and costlier diesel. pandemic.
“The licence enables us to respond to envi- Algoa is South Africa’s largest bunkering
ronmental, legislative and business needs for the port, situated on one of the world’s busiest trad-
South African and the international LNG fuel ing routes. DNG estimates that 56,000 vessels
markets,” DNG CEO Aldworth Mbalati said. transit the region each year.
“We are happy to be part of the solution in the LNG bunkering is gaining in popularity
quest to decarbonise the shipping industry by worldwide, in part because of International Mar-
offering LNG as a transition fuel that is safer for itime Organisation (IMO) rules that came into
marine species.” force at the start of this year, lowering the cap for
DNG’s next steps will be completing the sulphur content in marine fuels.
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