You are using an outdated browser For a better experience using this site, please upgrade to a modern web browser. Subscribe Get Daily Email Subscribe --> Contact Us Sign in Home News & Features Compliance Costs Bunker Prices Bunker Intelligence Asia/Pacific News Latest Features World Americas EMEA Asia/Pacific Home News & Features Asia / Pacific Japan's Hakodate Port Sees First LNG Bunkering of International Cruise Ship Japan's Hakodate Port Sees First LNG Bunkering of International Cruise Ship by Ship & Bunker News Team Tuesday June 9, 2026 Tweet Follow @shipandbunker LNG being supplied to the ship via trucks. Image Credit: MOL MOL Techno-Trade , a marine fuel and trading company of the MOL Group , has completed the first LNG bunkering of an international cruise ship in Hokkaido , Japan . The company, working with Hokkaido Gas , supplied LNG to Luminara , a cruise ship operated by the Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection , at Wakamatsu Pier in the Port of Hakodate on May 16 , the firm said in a recent social media post.  The operation was carried out using the truck-to-ship method and marks the first LNG supply to an international cruise vessel in Hokkaido, according to the companies. MOL Techno-Trade said the latest bunkering builds on its previous LNG supply operations in Nagasaki , Beppu and Hakata , expanding its track record in Japan's LNG bunkering market. The company added that it plans to continue expanding its LNG bunkering business. Ship & Bunker News Team To contact the editor responsible for this story email us at [email protected] Also in the News Iranian Forces Detain Ship Anchored Off Fujairah: UKMTO Large numbers of ships are at anchor off Fujairah waiting for the resumption of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. Read in Full EIF Commits €200 Million to Expand European Biomethane Production Biomethane can be used as a drop-in fuel in dual-fuel LNG ships. Read in Full Nanni and ScandiNAOS to Develop Methanol Dual-Fuel Marine Eng