MPA: more ports pledge to cooperate on LNG bunkering

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said that the focus group formed in 2014 with ports of Rotterdam, Antwerp and Zeebrugge has been expanded. 

The group will include the Port of Jacksonville, Norwegian Maritime Authority, and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan and the Ulsan Port Authority, Republic of Korea, MPA said in a statement on Wednesday.

The expansion of the focus group has been formalized through a memorandum of understanding aiming to deepen cooperation and information sharing in relation to LNG bunkering.

The group will work towards building a network of LNG bunker ready ports across the Asia-Europe shipping route.

Following the signing of the memorandum of understanding, the group held a roundtable discussion on demand and supply, regulatory and infrastructural issues relating to LNG bunkering on a global perspective.