A specialized 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 engine order was placed with Wärtsilä in December 2014, the company said in a statement.
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 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.
Grahaeme Henderson, Vice President of Shell Shipping & Maritime said, “The vessel will have a capacity to carry 6500 cubic metres of LNG fuel, and will be highly efficient and manoeuvrable. It will be able to load from big or small terminals and to bunker a broad variety of vessels.”
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