The first LNG bunker vessel for Singapore is due to start operations by the end of this year.

The 7,500-cbm newbuilding FueLNG Bellina, which is being constructed at Keppel Nantong Shipyard in China, was named in a virtual ceremony attended by Singapore’s senior minister of state for transport and foreign affairs, Chee Hong Tat.

The vessel is owned by FueLNG, a joint venture between Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) and Shell Eastern Petroleum.