Shell to launch Singapore's first fully-electric ferry service

Penguin International

22/09/2021 06:12

SINGAPORE, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell  RDSa.L 
has ordered at least three electric ferries in Singapore to
replace the diesel boats it uses to transport employees and
visitors between mainland Singapore and its oil refining and
chemicals plant on Bukom island, it said. 
    When the new boats are operational - slated for the first
half of 2023 - they will be the first fully-electric ferry
service in Singapore and a first for Shell globally, the company
said in a statement on Wednesday. 
    "Shipping's future will involve different parts of the
sector using different fuels, and electrification is a solution
to decarbonise short voyages, including port operations," said
Nick Potter, general manager of Shell Shipping and Maritime for
Asia Pacific and the Middle East. 
    Shell awarded the contract to design, build and operate the
ferries to Singapore's Penguin International Ltd  PGUN.SI .  
    Bukom in southwestern Singapore is the site of Shell's
largest wholly-owned refinery with a capacity of 500,000
barrels-per-day (bpd). 
    About 3,000 ferry passengers travel the 5.5 km to Bukom each
day, Shell said. 

 (Reporting by Roslan Khasawneh; Editing by Tom Hogue)
 ((roslan.khasawneh@thomsonreuters.com;))