Ship owner EXMAR on Thursday (6 August) announced that it has taken delivery of the 146,000 m³ LNG Carrier SIMAISMA . The vessel is secured under an initial seven-year charter contract with a “first-class counterpart”. “The vessel will soon undergo a dry-dock including modifications to make the vessel suitable as a floating transshipment unit (FTU), dedicated to the LNG bunkering market,” it said in a statement. The FTU will receive large parcels of LNG from trading LNG carriers and specialised LNG bunkering vessels will load at the FTU before supplying it as a fuel to vessels that use this LNG as a bunker fuel. EXMAR’s CEO, Carl-Antoine Saverys , said: “EXMAR is gladly assisting its client in further paving the way to unlock LNG as a fuel for the shipping industry. “The FTU is a smart solution with which our client brings down the costs of the logistics relating to the LNG bunkering. “With this solution, we are building upon EXMAR’s close to 50 years of LNG experience. We look forward to deploying more of these assets to unlock the full potential of LNG as a fuel for the maritime industry.”   Photo credit: EXMAR Published: 7 August, 2026