LNG tug refuels in Zeebrugge
18/02/2014
Claimed as the world’s first LNG-fuelled Tugboat, the M/T Borgoy was recently refuelled in the Belgian coastal Port of Zeebrugge.
Claimed as the world’s first LNG-fuelled Tugboat, the M/T Borgoy was recently refuelled in the Belgian coastal Port of Zeebrugge.
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