In April this year, the CSSC-controlled shipbuilder won the bid to build a 20,000 cbm LNG bunkering vessel for Shanghai Port Energy, a unit of SIPG.
Warstila said in a statement that the new order was booked in the third quarter of 2025.
Under the contract, Wärtsilä Gas Solutions will supply the cargo handling system, the fuel gas supply system, and a boil-off gas reliquefaction system for the vessel.
The Wartsila equipment is scheduled for delivery to the yard during 2026, and the ship is expected to be commissioned in summer 2027.
Wärtsilä did not provide the contract pricing details.
“During the recent three and a half years after we took over Hai Gang Wei Lai, we have finished more than 200+ bunkerings of 1 million+ cbm of LNG for various ships calling Shanghai port,” He Bin, vice general manager of Shanghai SIPG Energy Service, said in the statement.
“We are satisfied with the performance of Wartsila systems and this is the reason we are working with them again in this new project,” he said.
Shanghai SIPG Energy Service (SSES) is SIPG’s joint venture with Shenergy.
Small-scale player Avenir took delivery of this 20,000-cbm vessel from China’s CIMC SOE in December 2021, and subsequently sold it to the Chinese firm.
In March 2022, SSES completed the first LNG bunkering operation with this vessel under its long-term deal with French shipping giant CMA CGM.
Last year, SSES also completed the first bunkering operation to an MSC containership with the large LNG bunkering vessel, while SIPG also signed a deal with South Korea’s HMM to bunker its vessels with LNG and methanol.
SSES also delivers LNG fuel to vessels owned by Eastern Pacific Shipping and PIL.
