LNG-powered ferry enters service in Cuxhaven

Nor Lines RoRo service between Cuxhaven and Norway was officially launched with the first departure of the MS Kvitbjørn. 

Cable drums formed part of the cargo on board the freighter “Kvitbjørn”, which is powered by liquid natural gas, the company said in a statement.

The newly built freighters, Kvitbjørn and Kvitnos, which are both powered by LNG, will in future leave the German North Sea coast from the Cuxport terminal bound for Norway once a week. The many destinations for the newly established RoRo service range from the Oslo fjord in the south of the country to ports on the west coast like Bergen, Ålesund and Trondheim and even include Hammerfest located north of the Arctic Circle.

The ship recently became the first vessel to operate between Asia and Europe solely on LNG as the ship’s bunker fuel. It sailed to Norway from Tsuji Heavy Industries shipyard in Jiangsu, China, via Singapore, and subsequently LNG bunkerings in Cochin, India and Cartagena, Spain. This was the longest voyage ever undertaken by a vessel running solely on LNG and was completed in Bergen on 29 March.

LNG World News Staff; Image: Nor Lines