The arrival at the port of Genoa is expected in the coming days of the Green Pearl, the natural gas bunkering vessel liquefied lease, the rental of which was commissioned by Axpo to August 2023 ( of 9 August 2023). Once the set-up work has been completed in the Ligurian capital, at the San Giorgio del Porto shipyard, the ship, built on behalf of the ATI between Gas and Heat and San Giorgio del Port, will be delivered according to schedule by the end of the year. next summer.

The ship, with a capacity of 7,500 cubic meters of LNG, It will be the first European example of the application of a bunkering that will allow it to provide both "ship-to-ship" than "ship-to-truck". The First, also known as "ship-to-ship bunkering", is the transfer of bunkering fuel (in this case, LNG and bio-LNG) from one ship to another and is typically carried out for ocean-going vessels. The second, through a special skid positioned on the ship, called LNG4Speed® patented by Gas and Heat, consists of the transfer of LNG with the highest safety standards, to tankers on the ground, which then transport and distribute LNG on the road to end users.