Axpo expands LNG bunkering operations to second Spanish port

Switzerland-based renewable energy producer Axpo has conducted its first LNG ship-to-ship delivery in the Port of Algeciras in Spain.

As informed, the operation was completed using the 2021-built 7,500 cubic meter (cbm) small-scale LNG vessel Avenir Aspiration to transfer approximately 5,000 cbm of LNG to Mediterranean Shipping Company’s (MSC) containership Mariacristina.

The latest delivery marks the expansion of Axpo’s LNG bunkering operations to a second Spanish port, following the ship-to-ship bunkering in the port of Málaga last month.

To remind, Axpo supplied a containership owned by MSC with around 5,8000 cbm of LNG in what was described as the ‘inaugural’ ship-to-ship LNG transfer for the Málaga port as well as the ‘first’ simultaneous operations (SimOps) in Spain for a containership.