Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group ended up being the globe’s initial shipyard to create an LNG-fueled huge container ship (VLCS), taking the lead in structure environment-friendly vessels.
HHI Group introduced that Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI), its shipbuilding subsidiary, has actually just recently finished sea test of the 14,800 TEU containership for Singapore- based Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) in the existence of some 130 individuals, consisting of those from the shipowner as well as the category culture.
The vessel, determining 366 meters in size, 51 meters in size as well as 29.9 meters comprehensive, notes the globe’s initial VLCS operating on LNG.
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Notably, the ship is outfitted with a 12,000- course huge LNG gas storage tank, offering the vessel sufficient gas ability for an Asia-Europe big salami on a solitary dental filling. The storage tank is made up of 9% nickel steel which has premium stamina as well as influence strength also at a cryogenic temperature level (-163 ° C).
The ship is additionally superior in regards to security as well as container packing performance many thanks to the optimum formats as well as styles related to the LNG gas storage tank, fuel gas supply system (FGSS) as well as dual-fuel engine.
It notes the initial in a collection of 6 LNG-fueled ships of the exact same dimension as well as kind that HSHI has actually been creating over the previous years after authorizing a contract with EPS in April 2018, with the last shipment arranged for the 3rd quarter of 2022.
“In a similar way that electric vehicles nowadays stand in the spotlight in the auto industry, eco-friendly vessels like LNG-fueled ships do in the shipbuilding industry,” stated an authorities of HHIGroup “We are poised to consolidate our position as the trailblazer in this segment, winning the trust of more and more customers backed by our technical prowess and highest quality standards.”
To day, HHI Group has actually won orders to construct an overall of 44 vessels operating LNG, consisting of mass service providers, vessels as well as container ships, gaining theNo 1 area in international shipbuilding orders. Further, in July 2018, the Group ended up being the globe’s initial to efficiently supply an LNG-fueled 114,000-ton course huge unrefined provider, which was crowned as the champion of the Next Generation Ship Award at Nor-Shipping 2019 kept in Oslo, Norway, among the 3 biggest worldwide maritime fairs worldwide.
Reference: hshi.co.kr
