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By Alan Haig-Brown unkering ports around the world have long The fall of 2020 will see a new addition to this ? eet used a variety of small tankers or tug and barge servicing ships in Florida and the Caribbean. As an ar- combinations to deliver fuel to visiting ships. ticulated tug barge (ATB) combination, the vessel will

Mostly this was heavy oil, but recently a new have a cargo capacity of 4,000 cubic meters of LNG.

B breed of bunkering vessels is emerging to deliver clean The tug, designed by Jensen Maritime and to be named burning lique? ed natural gas (LNG) to modern ships Q-Ocean Services, is 128 by 42 feet with a molded with dual-fuel capabilities. depth of 21 feet. It will operate while ? tted in the stern

Both images: Q-LNG

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