MALE Cryo Lands World-First
MALE Cryo, component of male Energy Solutions and also a leading specialist in the area of storage space and also handling of LNG and also gas, has actually introduced the finalizing of an agreement with Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard for the distribution of the fuel-gas supply systems (FGSSs) to a brand-new collection of 2 dual-fuel, 6,500 pure vehicle providers for Wallenius Marine on charter to Volkswagen.
Henrik Malm, Managing Director at MALE Energy Solutions, Sweden and also Finland, stated “This represents yet another world-first for MAN Cryo where the boil-off gas will be sent to the low methane-slip ME-GI via a high-pressure, boil-off-gas compressor. Due to the installed shaft generator, this further reduces the running hours on the auxiliary engines.”
The extent of distribution consists of the following:
- port- and also starboard-side bunkering terminals
- LNG tank with a quantity of 2,300 m3
- storage tank link area with low-pressure vaporizer, BOG heating unit and also 2 LNG pumps
- high-pressure gas-handling tools for distribution of gas to male B&W ME-GI two-stroke major engine
- boil-off gas (BOG) monitoring system, consisting of one high-pressure compressor
- on-board nitrogen-generation system
- a control system along with a gas discovery system.
The FGSSs for the vessels will certainly be supplied in 2023.
Reference: man-es. com