The German ferryboat Münsterland will certainly be retrofitted with a bundle of Wärtsilä LNG remedies to lessen its ecological impact. Image copyright: Aktien-Gesellschaft ‘Ems’ Photographer: Peter Andryszak.
German ferryboat driver AG Ems has actually positioned an agreement with Wärtsilä that will certainly see its RoPax ferryboat Münsterland retrofitted to operate LNG.
The job is focused on decreasing the ferryboat’s ecological impact on the Wadden Sea, a UNESCO World Heritage noted location in the southeastern end of the North Sea.
The vessel will certainly be fitted with 2 Wärtsilä 20DF dual-fuel creating collections as well as a Wärtsilä LNGPac system. In enhancement to the ecological advantages, substantial functional price financial savings as well as a boost in total vessel performance are the anticipated end results of the job. Delivery of the Wärtsilä devices will certainly start in springtime 2020, as well as conclusion of the retrofitting is expected throughout initial quarter 2021.
The job will certainly happen at the Royal Niestern-Sander B.V. shipyard in theNetherlands The lawn has centers for shipbuilding as well as repair work under one roof covering, as well as will certainly utilize these centers to construct a totally brand-new aftship to suit the Wärtsilä LNGPac gas storage space, supply, as well as control system. This installation of the brand-new aftship is set up to start in September 2020.
A comparable retrofitting job was executed in 2015 on the Ostfriesland, a sis ship to the Münsterland. The success of that job was mentioned as a prime factor to consider in the honor of the brand-new agreement.
“There is no greater endorsement of customer satisfaction than repeat orders, and we are delighted to have again been selected to convert an AG Ems owned ferry to LNG fuel operation,” claims Matthias Becker, Managing Director, Wärtsilä Deutschland GmbH.
“Operating our vessels in the most ecologically friendly way possible is of the utmost importance to us,” claims Bernhard Brons, Managing Director of AGEms “Wärtsilä’s modern technology is currently recognized to us, so we had no doubt to acquire them once more to retrofit the Münsterland to permit it to run without limitations in the SECA as well as NECA sulfur as well as nitrogen oxide regulated locations.
