ZIM, Shell complete 1st LNG bunkering under 10-year deal

ZIM and Shell announced the successful bunkering of ZIM SAMMY OFER container vessel with liquefied natural gas (LNG). The vessel was bunkered at the Kingston Freeport Terminal(KFTL) on March 26, 2023, says a release from ZIM. This was a milestone operation for a number of reasons: *First time a simultaneous operation (SIMOPS) was completed with LNG bunkering in Jamaican waters; *Kingston, Jamaica is a new LNG bunkering location for Shell, expanding its global LNG bunkering network to 16 locations across 11 countries. Shell has already achieved over 1,000 safe ship-to-ship bunkering operations for its customers;