American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), Bureau Veritas (BV), China Classification Society (CCS), Det Norske Veritas (DNV), and Lloyd’s Register (LR) each awarded an AiP certificate to Hudong-Zhonghua on Tuesday during the Gastech exhibition and conference, currently being held in Milan, Italy.
The vessel has an overall length of 160 meters, a molded width of 25 meters, and a molded depth of 16 meters.
Based on GTT’s Mark III containment system, it incorporates enhanced design pressure technology, which significantly increases the pressure accumulation capacity of the Mark III membrane containment system – doubling its endurance time approximately, according to the partners.
GTT said the vessel offers 6,000 cbm more storage compared to standard vessels of similar length.
“Equipped with GTT’s latest 1 barg technology, this design unlocks greater LNG sourcing flexibility, lowers idling operating costs, and accelerates LNG operations such as tank cooling. Such design feature also ensures compatibility with cold ironing regulations,” the company said.
Hudong-Zhonghua recently secured another order to build one 18,600-cbm LNG bunkering vessel for French energy giant TotalEnergies and Spain’s shipping firm Ibaizabal.
The shipbuilder said that this is the optional vessel as part of the 1+1 order announced in July last year.
Such as the first “V3.0 version” 18,600-cbm LNG bunkering vessel, the ship owner of the new vessel is Ibaizabal and the operator is TotalEnergies.
The new LNG bunkering vessel will be 135.9 meters long, 24.5 meters wide, and with a depth of 16 meters.
It is classified by BV and features GTT’s Mark III Flex containment tech.
