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EUROPE Håkan Agnevall, President and CEO, after the recent approval by the European
Wärtsilä Corporation, commented: “This Commission - based on the EU Merger
Wärtsilä technologies for large repeat order for a broad scope of Regulation – for the acquisition of joint
control of Gastrade by DESFA, Ms. Elmina
Wärtsilä solutions from a valued customer
12 LNG-fuelled container marks the value of quality, reliability and Kopelouzou, DEPA Commerce, GasLog
Cyprus Investments and the Bulgarian
sharp customer focus. It also highlights our
ships support CMA CGM wide range of competences across marine Bulgartransgaz (BTG).
technologies. Both CMA CGM and Wärtsilä
DESFA, December 30, 2021
in decarbonising their have a common strategy in applying LNG Fears Europe could run
solutions to prepare the way towards carbon
maritime operations free shipping.”
WÄRTSILÄ, January 04, 2022
The technology group Wärtsilä has again out of gas this year fall on
been selected to supply a broad scope of GTT obtains tank design warmer weather, rising LNG
solutions for new LNG-fuelled container ships
ordered by CMA CGM, a global leader of order for a new LNG carrier deliveries, but gas supplies
shipping and logistics based in France. This
latest series comprises 12 container vessels to from Samsung Heavy remain tight
be built in China. Six 13,000 TEU container
vessels are being built at the Hudong- Industries The draw down from Europe’s gas storage
Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group), with the facilities has flattened out thanks to the arrival
other six 15,000 TEU container vessels GTT announces that it has received, at the of warmer weather and a “flotilla” of US LNG
under construction at the Jiangnan Shipyard end of December 2021, an order from its deliveries as of January 3, according to AGSI+
(Group). The valuable orders were placed in partner the Korean shipyard Samsung Heavy data.
Q3 and Q4 2021. Industries for the tank design of a new The slowdown in the draw-down from gas
The Wärtsilä equipment is scheduled for LNGC[1]. storage tanks suggests that Europe will have
delivery to the yards commencing in 2022, As part of this order, GTT will design the enough gas to get through this year’s heating
and the first of the 12 vessels is expected to tanks of the vessel which will offer a capacity season but it is going to be a close run thing
be launched in Q3 2023. Wärtsilä was earlier of 174,000 m3. The LNGC tanks will be and gas in storage’s ability to meet demand
contracted to supply a similar scope for nine fitted with the GTT Mark III Flex membrane remains vulnerable to sudden changes in the
23K TEU CMA CGM vessels which have containment system. weather in the next three months.
been delivered and five 15K TEU whereof 2 Delivery of the vessel is scheduled for the As the chart shows, the draw-down of gas
vessels are delivered, and 3 vessels are under last quarter of 2024. from Europe’s storage facilities slowed and
construction now. GTT, January 04, 2022 even increased a little over the Christmas
By contracting these ships to operate with holidays. As of January 3 the tanks were
LNG fuel rather than conventional marine DESFA participation in the 56.24% full.
diesel fuels, CMA CGM is emphasising its That is still far less than the same day in
support for efforts to decarbonise maritime Gastrade shareholding 2021, when tanks were 72.81% full, 87.15% on
operations. LNG eliminates almost all air January 3, 2020, and 68.84% on the same day
pollutants such as sulphur oxides (Sox: scheme ratified in 2019. The winter in 2019 was particularly
-99%) and nitrogen oxide (NOx: -92%) and cold, whereas the winter in 2020 was notably
particulates (PM10: -91%) and achieves a first The participation of the National Natural warm.
step toward decarbonisation. The dual-fuel gas Gas System Operator (DESFA) in the The differences between the temperatures
engines on the vessels are already compatible shareholding structure of Gastrade – the of those winters in 2019 and 2020 contributed
with renewable energies such as biomethane, company that develops the floating storage to creating a V-shaped market that is the
synthetic methane and e-methane. and regasification unit (FSRU) of liquefied root cause of the current gas crisis, as bne
“At CMA CGM we are committed to natural gas (LNG) in Alexandroupolis – with IntelliNews has reported.
promoting sustainability in all our operations. the acquisition of 20% of its share capital While Europe went into the current
We are happy to work with Wärtsilä as they by the Operator, was officially ratified. The heating season with the lowest levels of
have a similar decarbonisation target and shares’ transfer agreement was signed by the gas in storage for years, the warming
a very broad scope of solutions to offer. CEO of DESFA, Ms. Maria Rita Galli and the temperatures have reduced demand, allowing
The choice of dual fuel gas vessels powered Founding Shareholder and Chairman of the a combination of suppliers to keep the amount
by LNG for our new ships is part of our Board of Gastrade, Ms. Elmina Copelouzou, of gas in storage flat in recent weeks.
commitment to build a zero-carbon future,” earlier today, at the Gastrade premises in
said Xavier Leclercq, vice president of CMA Athens.
SHIPS. The signing of the agreement came

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