Total and Japan's MOL have signed a long-term charter contract for a second large LNG bunker vessel (LNGBV).

The 18,600-cbm vessel is the second contracted between the French energy major's Total Marine Fuels Global Solutions (TMFGS) and the Japanese shipping giant. It will be built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) in China and will be delivered in 2021.

The 135-metre long LNGBV, which will be fitted with GTT's Mark III membrane-type containment system, will be positioned in the Marseille-Fos area in France.