V-Bunkers Orders Pair of Electric-Hybrid Bunker Tankers

September 17, 2021

V-Bunkers placed an order to build two electric-hybrid bunker tankers. Photo courtesy Vitol.
V-Bunkers placed an order to build two electric-hybrid bunker tankers. Photo courtesy Vitol.

Vitol’s Singaporean bunker operations company, V-Bunkers, placed an order to build two electric-hybrid bunker tankers, with the intention to deploy them for harbor ops in Singapore.

The bunker tankers are being built at an undisclosed shipyard in China with Electric-Hybrid notation and will employ Energy Storage Systems (ESS) technology comprising Lithium ion batteries for energy storage and anautomated Power Management System (PMS) designed to efficiently manage power consumption to reduce GHG emissions. In addition, the ESS has the capability to charge its battery system from onshore power supply sources once such charging facilities become available in Singapore.

Delivery of the first of the two bunker tankers is expected in the second half of 2022.

Logistics News

$1 Billion Fine for X-Press Pearl Disaster

$1 Billion Fine for X-Press Pearl Disaster

UltraTech Operationalizes India’s First On-Site Hybrid RTC Renewable Energy Project

UltraTech Operationalizes India’s First On-Site Hybrid RTC Renewable Energy Project

Allog Group Utilizes Container Solution to Transport Oversized Breakbulk Items

Allog Group Utilizes Container Solution to Transport Oversized Breakbulk Items

China Imports Australian Canola For First Time Since 2020

China Imports Australian Canola For First Time Since 2020

Subscribe for Maritime Logistics Professional E‑News

Maersk contains fire onboard Marie Maersk vessel off Liberia; intensifies firefighting efforts
Oil prices rise as investors pay attention to Trump-Zelenskiy Meeting
China's CNAF invests in private Chinese SAF factory