Babcock Schulte Energy, a 50:50 joint venture between Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) and Babcock International, will install fuel tanks made of composite material for their liquefied natural gas (LNG) gas supply vessel (GSV).
They have placed an order for high-pressure compressed natural gas (CNG) TITAN tanks from Hexagon Lincoln, a subsidiary of Hexagon Composites on Thursday (15 January).
The TITAN cylinders will store compressed boil-off-gas from the LNG tanks and flash gas from cargo operations and supply the CNG as fuel to the ship's dual-fuel propulsion engines.
“We're really pleased to have been chosen by Babcock LGE Process to work on this cutting-edge project,” said Miguel Raimao, Vice President Mobile Pipeline Americas at Hexagon Lincoln.
“Babcock's boil-off-gas recovery system is an innovative way of meeting stringent emission regulations. It is a cost-effective way for vessel operators to address environmental concerns, and our TITAN tanks are a key enabler for achieving this.
“TITAN remains the industry leader for large scale Type 4 storage vessels; it's the only marine scale solution that combines lightweight with high pressure performance.”
According to Hexagon Lincoln, the boil-off-gas recovery system has been designed by Babcock LGE Process.
The TITAN cylinders will form an integral part of the ship's patent pending FGSV0TM system, also developed by Babcock LGE Process, to enable the LNG bunker vessel to meet the emission limits of the IMO Emission Control Areas (ECA) regulations.
“By compressing the boil-off and flash gas and supplying it as fuel to the ship's engines, our clients will save distillate fuel costs and at the same time reduce the vessel's emissions of sulphur oxides (SOx) and particulate matter (PM)," said Andrew Scott, General Manager at Babcock LGE Process.
“In addition, we eliminate fugitive emissions of LNG from the cargo systems, providing a true zero emissions solution.”
Photo credit: Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement
Published: 21 February, 2018
LNG bunkering firm is a JV between “K” Line, Chubu Electric Power, Toyota Tsusho, and NYK Line.
The Bio2Bunker project develops and expands a (Bio)-LNG (BLNG) bunkering supply chain by introducing three bunker barges at Zeebrugge, Rotterdam, and Lübeck.
Concept development and feasibility study aims for a moored barge to generate, store and provide hydrogen to vessels bunkering at the same port.
‘We must remain diligent in our examination of LNG’s pathway to bio and synthetic LNG, as well as all future alternatives showing promise and potential,’ says SEA-LNG.
Increasing adoption of LNG as a bunker fuel has led to more natural gas fuelled ships being construction with independent Type C fuel tanks, it states.
The 6,000 m3 capacity design is the first ever class-approved design based on an offshore supply vessel.
Cash of SGD 4.43 million and USD 243,100, and one piece of 100-gram gold-coloured bar recovered in safe belonging to Abdul Latif Bin Ibrahim kept at Extra Space warehouse storage facility, show court documents.
Program introduces periodic assessments, mass flow metering data analysis, and regular training for relevant key personnel to better handle the MFMS to ensure a high level of continuous operational competency.
U.S. Claims Register Summary recorded a total USD 833 million claim from a total 180 creditors against O.W. Bunker USA, according to the creditor list seen by Singapore bunkering publication Manifold Times.
Glencore purchased fuel through Straits Pinnacle which contracted supply from Unicious Energy. Contaminated HSFO was loaded at Khor Fakkan port and shipped to a FSU in Tanjong Pelepas, Malaysia to be further blended.
Individuals were employees of surveying companies engaged by Shell to inspect the volume of oil loaded onto the vessels which Shell supplied oil to; they allegedly accepted bribes totalling at least USD 213,000.
MPA preliminary investigations revealed that the affected marine fuel was supplied by Glencore Singapore Pte Ltd who later sold part of the same cargo to PetroChina International (Singapore) Pte Ltd.
