The Gas Vitality is the first and latest
liquefied natural gas (LNG)
bunkering vessel to be based in France.[1] The vessel is the first in a series of two ships (
Gas Agility) to constructed for Emerald Green Maritime at the
Jiangnan facilities of Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding.[2][3]
All three parties first collaborated in 2018 to design and build
sister shipGas Agility, which has operated at the Port of
Rotterdam since November 2020. Gas Vitality was delivered at
Hudong–Zhonghua Shipbuilding in China near
Shanghai, on October 31, 2021, and
chartered to TotalEnergies Marine Fuels and scheduled to enter operational service in December 2021 and be based in the Port of Marseille-Fos, to serve the Mediterranean region. Its first contracts will be to perform LNG bunkering services to
Jacques Saadé-class LNG-fueled
container ships and
MSC Cruises upcoming LNG-powered
cruise ships that call at the French port.