Panaji, Jan. 28 -- State-run Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd is in talks with several global shipping lines including Danish shipping major Maersk, Italian major Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A (MSC), and Germany's HAPAG-Lloyd to source crude oil from the planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering facility at Kerala's Vizhinjam port.

In an interview to Mint, Rahul Tandon, head of BPCL's gas business, said the global trading major Vitol was holding discussions with prospective buyers of clean fuels. Refueling at such facilities are largely carried out through term contracts.

"We are all geared up. It's just that now we are interacting with customers and making customers... global liners Maersk, Hapag and MSC, among others. Vitol i...