Clean Energy Supplied Fuel for Inaugural Bunkering of First Maritime LNG-powered Ship Deployed on US West Coast
September 07 2022 - 6:00AM
Business Wire
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ: CLNE), the largest provider of
the cleanest fuel for the transportation market, supplied fuel for
the first bunkering with liquified natural gas (LNG) of Pasha
Hawaii’s new container ship MV George III. This was the first LNG
bunkering of a container ship on the U.S. West Coast. Clean Energy
worked with World Fuel Services and West Coast Clean Fuels to
supply the ship with over 300,000 gallons of the clean fuel.
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Clean Energy supplied fuel for the first
bunkering with liquified natural gas (LNG) of Pasha Hawaii’s new
container ship MV George III. (Photo: Business Wire)
Pasha Hawaii’s MV George III, a 774-foot container ship
operating between Long Beach, CA, Honolulu, HI, and Oakland, CA, is
the first of three LNG-powered ships that the domestic shipping
company is putting into service. The three ships are expected to
consume 105 million gallons of LNG fuel over the next five
years.
“The air quality around the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles
is some of the worst in the country because of in large part the
very dirty marine fuels that have been traditionally used by
container ships,” said Andrew J. Littlefair, president and CEO,
Clean Energy. “The move by Pasha to add ships that operate on
clean-burning LNG is one the most forward-thinking and
environmentally-progressive actions taken in the maritime industry.
We congratulate Pasha on their first successful bunkering operation
and look forward to many more as Pasha continues to add the other
LNG-powered ships to their fleet.”
LNG-powered ships achieve 99.9 percent reduction in diesel
particulate matter and sulfur oxide emissions, 90 percent less
nitrogen oxides and a 25 percent reduction in carbon dioxide
compared to ships running on traditional fuels.
The LNG that powers the Pasha Hawaii container ships is supplied
by the Clean Energy plant in Boron, CA, the only one of its kind in
the state. Because of the increase in demand for LNG by Pasha and
others, Clean Energy is in the process of expanding its Boron LNG
plant by adding a third production train, which will increase
capacity by 50 percent when completed.
The MV George III is scheduled to bunker every second week at
the Port of Long Beach. The second Pasha ship to operate on LNG,
the Janet Marie, is expected in late 2022. The third Pasha ship is
expected to be deployed in mid-2023.
Before the MV George III arrived at the Port of Long Beach,
Clean Energy supported Pasha in the commissioning of the ship.
Clean Energy worked at the shipyard in Brownsville Texas to cool
down the ship’s LNG storage tank to cryogenic temperature and then
performed two bunkering operations to load LNG into the ship tanks.
The LNG was provided from Clean Energy’s Pickens LNG Plant in
Texas.
About Clean Energy
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. is the country’s largest provider of
the cleanest fuel for the transportation market. Our mission is to
decarbonize transportation through the development and delivery of
renewable natural gas (RNG), a sustainable fuel derived from
organic waste. Clean Energy allows thousands of vehicles, from
airport shuttles to city buses to waste and heavy-duty trucks, to
reduce their amount of climate-harming greenhouse gas. We operate a
vast network of fueling stations across the U.S. and Canada. Visit
www.cleanenergyfuels.com and follow @ce_renewables on Twitter.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section
21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that involve risks,
uncertainties and assumptions, including without limitation
statements about the operations of the MV George III and other
Pasha Hawaii container ships, the amount of LNG to be consumed, the
environmental benefits of containerships operating on natural gas,
and expansion of the Boron LNG plant. Actual results and the timing
of events could differ materially from those anticipated in these
forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements made
herein speak only as of the date of this press release and, unless
otherwise required by law, Clean Energy undertakes no obligation to
publicly update such forward-looking statements to reflect
subsequent events or circumstances. Additionally, the reports and
other documents Clean Energy files with the SEC (available at
www.sec.gov) contain risk factors, which may cause actual results
to differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained
in this news release.
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