BW’s ME-GI LNG newbuild wrapping up gas trials

BW LNG’s new ME-GI carrier recently left the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering yard in South Korea for gas trials.

The vessel is BW’s fifth newbuilding with M-type, electronically controlled, gas-injection propulsion and re-liquefaction system, in a series of nine ships ordered at the Korean yard.

According to BW LNG, ME-GI vessels have a fuel consumption saving potential compared to previous generations of TFDE and steam-powered vessels of 35 per cent and 50 per cent, respectively.

Norway-based BW LNG is a unit of the Singapore-based gas shipping giant BW Group.

The company’s newest LNG carrier named BW Pavilion Aranthera has a capacity of 173,400 cubic meters.

It is the second vessel that will go on on long-term charter to Singapore’s Pavilion Energy as part of a deal signed back in 2018.

DSME delivered the first vessel out of this batch, BW Pavilion Aranda, in September last year.

Pavilion and BW formed a joint venture in 2014 to acquire, manage and charter maritime LNG assets, including carriers.

The joint venture’s fleet includes two Singapore-flagged LNG carriers, the BW Pavilion Vanda and the BW Pavilion Leeara.