News / Unifeeder launches first retrofitted LNG-powered shortsea box ship

European operator Unifeeder has launched the world’s first shortsea containership with a retrofitted LNG fuel system.

The duel-fuelled, 1,000 teu Wes Amelie, owned by Germany’s Wessels Reederei and chartered by Unifeeder, will service multimodal shipments on the carrier’s shortsea routes between Rotterdam, the Baltics, and Poland

Head of shortsea sales in Europe for Unifeeder Florian Ambach told The Loadstar the carrier would bunker in Rotterdam for the “time being”, it being the only available fuelling facility.

“We want to increase the number of vessels under LNG technology, ...