A specialised LNG Bunker vessel to be built at the STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Company yard in South Korea on behalf of Shell will be powered by Wärtsilä DF dual-fuel engines.
The ship will be used to deliver gas to LNG fuelled vessels in Northwest Europe. The newbuild contract is in direct response to the increasing acceptance by the shipping industry of LNG as a marine fuel.
Port of Rotterdam
The new Shell vessel will be based at the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, and will load from the new break bulk terminal and jetty to be constructed by the Gas Access to Europe (Gate) terminal. It will also be sea-going and able, therefore, to bunker customers at other locations. It will be powered by three 8-cylinder Wärtsilä 20DF dual-fuel engines capable of operating on either gas or diesel fuels. The engines are scheduled for delivery in spring 2016.
The LNG bunker vessel will have a capacity of 6500 cubic metres of LNG fuel. It will be able to load from big or small terminals and to bunker a broad variety of vessels.
Picture: The specialised LNG Bunker vessel (by STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Company).
