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AFRICA (Italy), with 10.4%. The partners began available and this, coupled with Wärtsilä’s
production in 1999 and broke ground on the vast experience in LNG solutions, made the
CHEC to act as Train 7 project in June of last year. choice easy for us,” says Grzegorz Wardzy?ski,
Technical Director of Polsteam, the parent
subcontractor for NLNG’s company of Unity Line.
“Decarbonisation is a front and centre
Train 7 project EUROPE issue for the maritime sector, and this focus
is reflected in the choice of the Wärtsilä
China Harbour Engineering Co. (CHEC) is Wärtsilä solutions open engines for these ferries. Optimal engine
slated to act as a subcontractor for the Train performance is essential in maximising fuel
7 expansion project at the Nigeria LNG route to decarbonisation for efficiency and minimising exhaust emissions.
(NLNG) plant on Bonny Island. These new vessels will become an important
According to a recent company statement, Poland’s first LNG-fuelled part of Poland’s transport infrastructure, and
CHEC won an engineering, procurement we are proud to be a partner to this project,”
and construction (EPC) contract from the RoPax vessels says Matthias Becker, General Manager, Sales,
international joint venture that is acting as the Wärtsilä Marine Power.
main contractor for the Train 7 project. Under The technology group Wärtsilä has been Wärtsilä has taken a leading position
that contract, the Chinese company will be contracted by Remontowa shipyard in Poland in developing the technologies necessary
responsible for designing and building the to supply engines, fuel storage and supply for decarbonising shipping operations.
hydraulic structure of the wharf and approach systems for three new RoPax vessels, the first The company sees LNG as an important
bridge at NLNG’s seventh production train, LNG-fuelled RoPax vessels to be built for transitional marine fuel, bridging the gap
including the pile foundation and concrete, the Polish maritime sector. The ships will be between conventional diesel fuels and future
the statement said. operated by ferry companies Unity Line and carbon-free alternatives.
CHEC did not reveal the value of the Polferries. The contract with Wärtsilä was The vessels will have an overall length of
contract or say when it expected to begin signed in January 2022. 195 metres and will be capable of carrying
work. It did say, however, that it would also The vessels will each operate with four 400 passengers, with 4,100 lane metres
be responsible for designing and building a highly efficient Wärtsilä 31DF dual-fuel for vehicles. They will operate between
steel platform and auxiliary facilities for the engines. The LNG-fuelled engines can use Swinoujscie in Poland and the Swedish ports
hydraulic structure. bio-LNG, either on its own or blended with of Ystad and Trelleborg.
NLNG’s main contractor for the Train 7 conventional LNG, to further reduce their WÄRTSILÄ, February 15, 2022
project is Saipem-Chiyoda-Daewoo (SCD), carbon footprint. The operators intend to run
an Italian-led joint venture that also includes the vessels entirely on bio-LNG by 2025. GTT obtains tank design
Japanese and Korean partners. The scheme is The efficiency of the Wärtsilä 31DF engine
designed to raise NLNG’s production capacity was a key consideration in the award of this order for four new LNG
from 22.5 mn tonnes per year (tpy) to 30mn contract. The diesel version of the engine has
tpy. It envisions the construction of a seventh been recognised by Guinness World Records carriers from Daewoo
production train that can turn out 4.2mn as being the world’s most efficient 4-stroke
tpy, as well as the debottlenecking of existing diesel engine. Wärtsilä will also deliver its Shipbuilding & Marine
trains, which will add another 3.4mn tpy of LNGPac fuel storage, supply, and control
capacity. system. Engineering
Equity in the NLNG consortium is divided “High efficiency and sustainability are
between state-owned Nigerian National essential in today’s operating environment, GTT announces that it has received an order
Petroleum Corp. (NNPC), with 49%; Royal especially in the Baltic Sea which is an from its partner the Korean shipyard Daewoo
Dutch Shell (UK/Netherlands), with 25.6%; Emissions Control Area. The Wärtsilä 31 Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME)
TotalEnergies (France), with 15%, and Eni engine represents the latest engine technology for the tank design of four new LNGCs on
behalf of the Greek ship-owner Maran Gas
Maritime.
As part of this order, GTT will design the
tanks of the vessels which will each offer a
capacity of 174,000 cubic metres. The tanks
will be fitted with the GTT NO96 GW
membrane containment system, a technology
developed by GTT.
Deliveries of the vessels are scheduled for
the third and fourth quarters of 2025.
GTT, February 17, 2022
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