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TGE Marine and Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding to construct 12,000 m3 LNG bunkering barge

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Barge will be the largest of its kind built in the United States so far and is expected to start operations along the US East Coast in 2024.
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Liquefied gas systems’ provider TGE Marine Gas Engineering (TGE Marine) on Wednesday (8 June) said it has been awarded the contract for a 12,000 m3 liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering barge with US-based Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding for the design and supply of the cargo handling system including two 6,000 m3 bilobe Type C tanks designed to transport LNG at -163°C.

The cargo handling system will enable the barge to load LNG from a supply terminal and transfer the LNG to the clients´ vessels using a ship-to-ship transfer system. During transit the cargo can be kept in its liquid state at ambient pressure through the use of a chiller unit.

The barge will be built by Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding for US-based owner Crowley and operate under a long-term charter with Shell NA LNG, LLC. 

The 12,000 m3 barge will be the largest of its kind built in the United States so far and is expected to start operations along the US East Coast in 2024.

 

Photo credit: TGE Marine Gas Engineering
Published: 9 June, 2022

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