Fratelli Cosulich Bunkers (S)Pte Ltd christened and also released its 2nd Small Scale LNG provider – the Paolina Cosulich – at the CIMC SOE shipyard in China.
The occasion was gone to by Diana Mok – Managing Director at Fratelli Cosulich Bunkers (S) Pte Ltd, working as the godmother of the vessel. Paolina Cosulich will certainly cruise under the Italian flag with Captain Vincenzo Scotto at the helm. The 5,300 DWT vessel can lug 8,200 m3 of LNG and also 500 m3 of MGO and also will certainly be fitted with Wartsila’s Dual Fuel innovation.
Boil off monitoring strategies will certainly be utilized by the LNG subcooling plant, getting rid of possible ecological results and also reducing freight losses. The propulsion and also handling system will certainly be of the azimuth kind, with a dual bow thruster, to enable high ability to move in port locations.
The financial investment was performed many thanks to a cooperation in between public and also personal banks, consisting of Cr édit Agricole, BPM, UNICREDIT and also Cassa Depositi e Prestiti and also with the payment of SACE which acknowledged the critical value of this task for the Italian economic climate.
As the task is adding to the decarbonization of maritime transportation via the execution of LNG bunkering remedies in the Mediterranean Sea, it was granted a 4 million euro European Union give under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) program, with Cassa Depositi e Prestiti working as the European Commission’s carrying out companion.
The shipment of the vessel is arranged for Q1 2024.
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