Terntank newbuils could have suction sails and methanol twin gasoline engines.
Finnish refiner Neste has signed an settlement to time constitution in two low-emission 15,000 dwt merchandise tankers with foldable suction sails and methanol twin gasoline engines. Designed by Kongsberg, the vessels had been ordered final November by family-owned Swedish tanker proprietor Terntank Rederi A/S,
The tankers are designed to move all kinds of liquid cargoes together with renewable uncooked supplies, reminiscent of waste and residue oils and fat, to Neste’s refineries. At the refineries, they may load merchandise reminiscent of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation gasoline (SAF) for transport.
“Together with our partners, we are scaling up our renewable and circular solutions production capacity,” says Lauri Helin, vice chairman logistics and operations, oil merchandise at Neste. “Our partnership with Terntank helps our dedication to sustainability, notably our goal in direction of lowering emissions throughout our price chain. With these vessels we proceed to scale back the emissions and environmental impacts of transportation.
“It is great to have Neste back again as a time charter partner after 10 years,” says Tryggve Möller, proprietor, Terntank. “We are happy to be able to provide them with the state-of-art product tankers and innovative technologies to minimize the environmental impact of shipping and work together towards carbon neutrality targets.”
The tankers shall be constructed on the CMHI Jinling Shipyard in Yangzhou, China, underneath a contract that features choices for 2 extra vessels. They are due for supply through the second half of 2025 and starting of 2026.
The vessels have been developed primarily based on Terntank’s expertise with its earlier six AVIC collection vessels with extra progressive enhancements to scale back environmental impacts.
Both new tankers are ice-strengthened and geared up with Terntank’s Hybrid Solution electrical energy provide system, battery pack and on-shore energy connection. The ships can function on new low-emission fuels reminiscent of e-methanol to satisfy net-zero emission objectives. Terntank has intensive expertise in working this kind of vessels with options that reduce air pollution close to populated areas reminiscent of ports.
