TGE Marine Wins Another LNG Bunker Vessel Order

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Fresh off the back of securing an order for three LNG bunker vessels being built for Seaspan ULC, TGE Marine has today (1 November) announced the award of a contract to design and supply the cargo handling and fuel gas system for a Chinese 12,000 cubic metre (cbm)-capacity LNG bunker vessel, reports Bunker Spot.

About the vessels

The vessel, which will be built by the Chinese shipyard Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering Co. and owned and operated by Beijing-based China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC). It will supply cargo to LNG fuelled vessels in Chinese waters and it will be equipped with two IMO type C cylindrical tanks with a design pressure of 4.5 bar g.

An LNG sub-cooling system will be fitted in order to condition the cargo to -163 °C while the vessel will also be equipped with a cold recovery system to utilise the low temperature of the cargo for the ship’s air conditioning system, thereby reducing the overall power consumption.

CNOOC’s and TGE Marine’s collaboration started in 2015 when the latter designed and supplied the cargo handling- and fuel gas system for another CNOOC vessel, the 30,000 cbm-capacity LNG carrier Hai Yang Shi You 301, the world’s largest LNG carrier with IMO type C tanks at that time.

‘This vessel will be a milestone for the Chinese LNG bunkering market and we are proud to be able to jointly develop this innovative vessel,’ said TGE Marine’s Sales Manager Johannes Dziuba. ‘It is a pleasure for TGE Marine to partner up with both the yard and the owner for this unique project and we look forward to support all parties throughout the building process and operations.’

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Source: Bunker Spot