China: Seaspan Energy takes delivery of LNG bunkering vessel from CIMC SOE
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Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering Co., Ltd. (CIMC SOE) recently successfully delivered the first in a series of three 7,600 cubic metre (m3) LNG bunkering vessels ordered by Canada’s Seaspan Energy.
Seaspan Energy representative, Project Manager Ahmed Khan and CIMC SOE Deputy General Manager Lou Jiwei, attended the delivery and signing ceremony.
According to CIMC SOE, the vessel, Seaspan Garibaldi, has a length of 112.8 metres, a beam of 18.6 metres, a draught of five metres and a design speed of 13 knots. It was classed by Bureaus Veritas and will sail under the Panama flag and could also meet Canadian requirements.
The propulsion system includes three dual-fuel generators and two 1,600kW electrically-driven azimuthing thrusters. It could also be modified to fit in batteries in the future.
The construction of the ship started in early February last year and will sail to the Pacific Northwest coast, becoming Seaspan Energy’s first LNG bunkering vessel in North America.
The other two LNG bunkering vessels in this series are scheduled to be delivered by 2025.
Related: Seaspan launches “Seaspan Garibaldi”, first of three LNG bunkering vessels
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Photo credit: Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering
Published: 27 August, 2024
