As part of the service offering, Anew will supply renewable natural gas (RNG) certified by the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) and provide pre-audit services to Seaspan required for ISCC certification, according to a Seaspan statement.
Seaspan, a subsidiary of Seaspan ULC, said the RNG will comply with global standard frameworks like the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Net-Zero Framework and the FuelEU Maritime Regulation in the European Union.
This collaboration represents a first-of-its-kind initiative on North America’s West Coast, Seaspan claims.
The initiative builds on the first bio-LNG bunkering in the US that Anew Climate — then known as Element Markets — facilitated in 2021, Seaspan said.
In partnering with Anew Climate, Seaspan will expand its portfolio of offerings to include ISCC-certified R-LNG to customers all along the west coast of North America.
Earlier this year, Seaspan Energy completed what it says is the first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation in Canada.
During the operation in the Port of Vancouver, the 7,500-cbm Seaspan Lions, the second of three Seaspan Energy vessels, delivered LNG to the LNG dual-fuel tanker, Pacific Jade.
Before that, Seaspan Energy completed its first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation to a containership in the Port of Long Beach, California.
The firm completed the first ship-to-ship transfer with Seaspan Garibaldi.
Seaspan Energy said this operation marked the beginning of its service offering on the west coast of North America with two LNG bunkering vessels to soon serve both the Long Beach and Vancouver markets.
China’s Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering handed over Seaspan Lions to Seaspan Energy in October last year.
Like its sister vessel, Seaspan Garibaldi, which CIMC SOE delivered in August, the newbuild is 112.8 meters long, 18.6 meters wide, 5 meters deep, and has a design speed of 13 knots.
In addition, CIMC SOE delivered Seaspan Energy’s third vessel, Seaspan Baker, earlier this year.
