바다 위 '배에서 배로' LNG 선적 첫 성공<br /><br />South Korea's state-run natural gas company has for the first time successfully transferred liquidified natural gas from one ship to another... at sea.<br />This method is expected to help alleviate congestion at South Korea's LNG terminals... and save time and money.<br />Park Se-young has more.<br />This 174-thousand-cubic-meter liquefied natural gas or LNG tank ship is currently undergoing LNG bunkering trials.<br />LNG bunkering is the process of transferring gas to a ship<br />The Kogas carrier SM Jeju LNG2 entered the Okpo Shipyard on Geojedo Island in Gyeongsangnam-do Province carrying two-thousand metric tons of LNG.<br />There, it was connected by hose with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Maritime Engineering's newly built LNG carrier to successfully complete an LNG bunkering test.<br />"We believe this is a significant first step in creating and making a very successful market for LNG bunkering in the future."<br />Typically, an LNG carrier has to travel to onshore LNG terminals in Samcheok or Tongyeong, ...which are packed with carriers offloading the gas.<br />The success of the ship-to-ship bunkering test is expected to alleviate the stress on LNG terminals, ...while saving time and money spent bunkering on-shore.<br />"Since LNG bunkering can take place in many places at the same time, these carriers will serve as a base for a breakthrough in fuel shipment."<br />Amid increased global demand for LNG ships, the technology is expected to serve as a model for ship-to-ship bunkering.<br />Park Se-young, Arirang News.<br />
