You are using an outdated browser For a better experience using this site, please upgrade to a modern web browser. Subscribe Get Daily Email Subscribe --> Contact Us Sign in Home News & Features Compliance Costs Bunker Prices Bunker Intelligence Asia/Pacific News Latest Features World Americas EMEA Asia/Pacific Home News & Features Asia / Pacific Vitol's New LNG Bunkering Vessel Set to Begin Operations Later This Year Vitol's New LNG Bunkering Vessel Set to Begin Operations Later This Year by Ship & Bunker News Team Friday October 9, 2026 Tweet Follow @shipandbunker The 12,500 m3 vessel has completed its sea trials. Image Credit: Vitol Vitol Bunkers , the marine fuels trading unit of commodity trading giant Vitol Group , is set to begin operating a new LNG bunkering vessel later this year. The Singapore -flagged  12,500 m3 vessel, Vivit Asai LNG , has completed its sea trials, the company shared in a LinkedIn post today. The vessel was ordered by Vitol from CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering in China in 2024 . In July , Vitol Bunkers was among eight companies granted LNG bunkering licences to supply LNG as marine fuel in Singapore by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) . The company’s LNG bunkering operations will be backed by a fully contracted regional supply chain and its global LNG portfolio. Vitol also plans to expand its fleet of LNG bunkering vessels through 2027 . Ship & Bunker News Team To contact the editor responsible for this story email us at [email protected] Also in the News Port of Tenerife Sees First Truck-to-Ship LNG Bunkering A Balearia ferry was bunkered with LNG using two trucks at the Canary Islands port. Read in Full $700/t Carbon Price Needed Before New Fuels Take Most of Shipping's Bunker Demand: GCMD and BCG Under the IMO's proposed $380/t penalty, ships fitted with methanol engines would still burn conventional fuel almost all of the time, the study finds. Read in Full Fujairah Bunker Sales