Gasum and Anthony Veder have signed an agreement for a long term time charter of a new Ice Class 1A Super LNG carrier. The 18,000 cbm vessel will be built at German shipyard Neptun Werft and delivered in the last quarter of 2017.

The vessel's specific purpose will be to bring LNG to two LNG terminals which are currently being constructed, at Tahkolu-oto in Pori (completed in 2016) and Röyttä in Tornio, Finland (completed in 2018). Since the Röyttä terminal in Tornio is located in the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea, the vessel will have the highest ice class notation (1A Super) and Cold notation to allow the vessel to safely and reliably trade in the extreme winter weather conditions that occur in that region regularly.

LNG Boil-off

The LNG tanker will use the LNG boil-off gas as a fuel for its main and auxiliary engines, which makes the vessel compliant with the most stringent emission regulations and environmentally friendly in operation. For Anthony Veder this will be the fifth small-scale LNG carrier operating in the Northern European area and it brings the total of LNG fueled vessels in the company's fleet to seven.

LNG Infrastructure

Skangas, the subsidiary of Gasum, actively develops the LNG infrastructure for the Nordic countries. These developments are driven by the growing desire by customers that lack access to the natural gas grid to make the transition to a more sustainable source of energy.

Next to the newbuild 18,000 cbm LNG carrier, Skangas has already secured LNG transport capacity at sea since 2012 through charter contracts with Anthony Veder for two LNG carriers (Coral Energy, 15,600 cbm, and Coral Anthelia, 6,500 cbm) and one LNG bunker feeder (Coralius, 5,800 cbm) through the joint venture Sirius Veder Gas AB). All vessels are deployed in the North and Baltic Sea.

Picture: Anthony Veder’s 18,000 cbm Ice Class 1A Super.