Turkey’s BOTAS, Arkas and Japan’s Sumitomo to cooperate in LNG as bunker fuel

Turkey’s natural gas distributor BOTAS, Arkas Bunkering and Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation have signed an agreement to cooperate in the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as bunker fuel on vessels, they said in a statement.

The agreement aims to make the use of LNG as bunker fuel more prevalent, they said, adding that the adoption of LNG is important since it helps reduce carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide and sulfur emissions.
Source: Reuters (Reporting by Orhan Coskun and Ezgi Erkoyun; Writing by Ali Kucukgocmen; Editing by Jonathan Spicer)