Levante LNG powers Thor Highway in Gibraltar

Peninsula has provided fuel to K Line’s car carrier Thor Highway, using its LNG bunker vessel Levante LNG in Gibraltar. Thor Highway, a newly built LNG dual-fuel car carrier delivered this year, is part of K Line’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions in shipping.

Levante LNG, a 12,500-m³ LNG bunker vessel, was ordered in 2021 from Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea and delivered in August under a seven-year charter to Peninsula. The vessel arrived in Gibraltar in September 2023.

The Gibraltar government and the Gibraltar Port Authority granted Peninsula the LNG bunkering operator’s licence, supporting Gibraltar’s goal to become a key hub for LNG bunkering in the Mediterranean.

Peninsula head of sustainability and alternative fuels Nacho de Miguel stressed the increasing demand for LNG-powered vessels, validating Peninsula’s early investment in LNG bunkering solutions.

Peninsula chief executive John Bassadone acknowledged the support from Gibraltar’s authorities in securing the LNG bunkering licence, enabling Peninsula to offer lower-carbon solutions to vessels in the Mediterranean.

By partnering with Scale Gas, a unit of Spain’s Enagas, Peninsula aims to meet the growing demand for low-carbon products in the western Mediterranean.