A ground-breaking LNG bunker vessel newbuilding has left a Chinese yard to embark on a series of voyages which will eventually take the ship to it new base in Rotterdam.

The 18,600-cbm Gas Agility, which is owned by Mitsui OSK Lines and fixed on long-term charter to energy major Total, left Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group)’s yard in Shanghai and has initially headed to Japan for logistical purposes.