Shipowner MOL and energy major charterer Total have scored a world first with the launch of their first large sized LNG bunker vessel in China.

The 18,600-cbm, membrane-type LNGBV, which is named Gas Agility on databases, is the biggest purpose-built unit of its type to be built to date.

The 135-metre long vessel is being constructed by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group).