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optimization of operations through the use of digitalisation and big data (e.g., autonomous navigation technologies).
NYK has also positioned LNG fuel as one of the bridging technologies to realise future zero-emission ships. e company aims to have a clean transportation mode that will reduce the environmental burden of the entire PCTC eet.
e shipbuilding contract was signed at NYK’s head o ce on January 31.
e vessel is scheduled to be delivered
in 2022 and will become NYK’s second LNG-fueled PCTC. e rst vessel NYK announced on September 24, 2019, was selected as a model project by Japan’s Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and will receive support from the ministries
for technical veri cation of CO2 emission reductions during actual voyages.
NYK, February 03, 2020
AUSTRALASIA
Shell temporarily suspends Prelude LNG production
Royal Dutch Shell said on February 4 that it had temporarily suspended production at its Prelude oating LNG (FLNG) facility o shore northwest Australia following an electrical trip on February 2.
Work is underway to restore full operations. “Due to some technical issues, there was
a delay in starting up the back-up diesel generators which impacted certain amenities on board,” Shell said in a statement. “ ese issues are being resolved, and we have made the proactive decision to temporarily reduce the number of people on board.”
Given global LNG oversupply in the face of falling demand from China owing to the coronavirus outbreak, which led the country to restrict transport among other measures, the Prelude outage is expected to have minimal impact.
Prelude is the world’s largest FLNG facility,
with a capacity of 3.6mn tonnes per year (tpy) of LNG, 1.3mn tpy of condensate and 400,000 tpy of lique ed petroleum gas (LPG). It shipped its rst LNG cargo in June 2019.
e project is jointly owned by Shell, Japan’s Inpex, Korea Gas (KOGAS) and Overseas Petroleum and Investment, a unit of Taiwan’s CPC.
EUROPE
Gasum to deliver LNG to
Equinor’s new shuttle
tankers
Energy company Gasum and Equinor have signed an agreement under which Gasum will deliver lique ed natural gas (LNG) to Equinor’s new crude shuttle tankers. e supply will commence when the shuttle tankers start operating during 2020.
e LNG bunkering deliveries will mainly take place o Skagen, the most northern
part of Denmark, and at Mongstad, close
to Bergen, Norway. Gasum will utilise its Coralius LNG bunker vessel to perform this service.
“We’re happy to support Equinor in its ambition towards cleaner shipping,” says Kimmo Rahkamo, Vice President at Gasum. “Last week we celebrated the 200th ship-to- ship LNG bunkering performed by Coralius. at was a major milestone for us, increasing not only the numbers but also expanding
the geographical area. We now bunker vessels over an area ranging all the way from Rotterdam to the Gothenburg waters.” GASUM, January 31, 2020
Nauticor’s LNG bunker supply vessel “Kairos” conducted its 100th LNG bunkering operation
On February 4, 2020, the world’s largest
bunker supply vessel (BSV) for lique ed natural gas (LNG) “Kairos” conducted its 100th LNG bunker supply operation. is milestone was achieved during a bunkering operation for the product tanker “Gaia Desgagnes” at anchorage in front of the Swedish island Gotland.
Ten months a er “Kairos” conducted its rst LNG bunkering operation for the LNG- fuelled ferry MS “Visborg” at Gotland, the island in the Baltic Sea once again provided the perfect backdrop for this historic LNG operation. Richard Schröder, CEO of Nauticor, underlined the importance of this operation: “Having achieved this milestone less than a year a er we conducted the rst LNG bunkering operation with “Kairos” makes us very proud. At the same time, we are happy that the receiving vessel is one of the LNG-fuelled tankers that are operated by the LNG front runners organised in the Gothia Tanker Alliance. Not only product tankers, but an increasing number of vessels are switching to LNG as fuel to decrease emissions. Being able to support those companies that are working every day on making shipping more sustainable motivates us in our ambition to provide the highest quality standards on a cost-e cient basis.”
e receiving vessel “Gaia Desgagnes”, built in 2018 as “Fure Vinga” and currently managed by the tanker pool of the Gothia Tanker Alliance, stopped in front of Gotland and received 140t of LNG, while on her
way from Immingham, United Kingdom,
to St. Petersburg, Russia. Like several LNG bunkering operations before, the operation was conducted under an LNG supply agreement, which was signed by Furetank Rederi, a member of the Gothia Tanker Alliance, and Nauticor in 2018.
Lars Höglund, Managing Director of Furetank, expressed his delight that yet another bunkering operation was conducted successfully: “By using LNG as fuel for our vessels, we are doing our share to reduce
the environmental impact through lower emissions and less noise. To be able to do that, we need to have access to a comprehensive LNG supply network. Having conducted the rst LNG bunkering operation with “Kairos” in April 2018, we are glad to see that since then the availability of LNG has improved signi cantly and that the availability of the environmentally-friendly fuel is no longer
a hurdle in most of the areas we operate in, including the Baltic Sea.”
NAUTICOR, February 5, 2020
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