Save to read list Published by David Rowlands, Editorial Assistant LNG Industry, Thursday, 15 December 2016 11:45 SEA\LNG – a coalition established to promote the widespread adoption of LNG as a marine fuel – has announced that Total has joined its ranks. The Chairman of SEA\LNG, Peter Keller, said: “SEA\LNG is pleased to welcome Total. The company has significant LNG interests integrated across its supply chain and ambitious growth plans. We look forward to working together with the aim of delivering significant business and environmental benefits to the shipping industry.” Olivier Jouny, Total Marine Fuels Managing Director, added: “Our mission, as an integrated oil company, is to offer global and compliant solutions to our customers to meet the 2020 Global Cap requirements recently set by the International Maritime Organization. Total has a long historical activity in the bunker industry and is also a strong worldwide LNG player, thus providing the required conditions to position the company on this emerging LNG bunker market, with the objective to be a key player. Total’s ambition is to become the responsible energy major and the Group strongly supports the SEA\LNG drive to make LNG the preferred clean marine fuel of the future.” Read the article online at: https://www.lngindustry.com/small-scale-lng/15122016/total-joins-sealng/ Embed article link: (copy the HTML code below):
Oil major Total has joined the SEA/LNG coalition, which encourages the general adoption of liquified natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel. The Chairman of SEA/LNG said that Total has “significant” LNG interests across its suppliers and has plans for further growth. Total’s Marine Fuels Managing Director Olivier Jouny said that the company’s link with SEA/LNG will help it to meet the 2020 Global Cap requirements as set out by the International Maritime Organisation. Jouny added that the company supports LNG as the “preferred clean marine fuel” of the future. Shipping faces potential EU carbon levy The European Union is threatening to demand a levy from the shipping industry on its greenhouse gas emissions in a bid to tackle climate change. The shipping industry represents approximately 90% of all global goods transport, and it has argued that a levy would disrupt world trading and has requested the problem be dealt with by the International Maritime Organisation.