On May 15, 2020, the melted gas (LNG) provider ELISA LARUS, possessed by France LNG Shipping (a French ship-owning firm collectively possessed by NYK and also Geogas LNG *) and also under a long-lasting charter agreement with EDF LNG Shipping **, has actually been provided. The vessel was constructed at Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries.
For France LNG Shipping, this vessel is the very first long-lasting agreement with EDF LNG Shipping and also will certainly be taken part in LNG transport for as much as two decades.
The vessel has a 174,000 cubic meter ability membrane-type freight container fitted with a GTT Mark III Flex freight control system *** and also a dual-fuel slow-speed engine (WinGD X-DF).
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In enhancement, the vessel, classified by Bureau Veritas, has actually been granted the French category culture’s cyber protection symbols ****. This is the very first such honor of a cyber symbols for an LNG provider.
In conformity with its medium-term administration strategy “Staying Ahead 2022 with Digitalization and Green”, the NYK Group looks for to safeguard steady products prices with long-lasting agreements and also remain to motivate imaginative options in its initiatives to add to secure power transportation solutions.
Vessel Particulars:
- Length total: 297.23 meters
- Breadth: 46.40 meters
- Gross tonnage: 118,286 bunches
- Propulsion: X-DF
- Cargo container ability:174,000 cubic meters
- Shipbuilder: Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (Korea)
- Flag: France
* Geogas LNG SAS is a regulated subsidiary of the Geogas team (started 40 years ago) together with framework funds ACP and also DIF. The Geogas Group has french flag LPG providers and also professions 6 million bunches per year of LPG throughout the globe.
** EDF LNG Shipping SAS is a subsidiary of Electricit é de France (EDF) for LNG transport.
*** GTT Mark III Flex freight control system:
The Mark III membrane layer system is a cryogenic lining straight sustained by the ship’s internal hull and also made to keep LNG at close to air pressure.
**** SYS-COM symbols:
A category code that licenses that the cybersecurity of ship-to-shore interaction tools has actually been made sure by BUREAU VERITAS (French Classification Society) with record exam, a threat evaluation workshop, and also onboard assessment. This vessel is outfitted with a SIMS (Ship Information Management System) that gathers real procedure information and also shares it in between ship and also coast, and also this system is additionally based on cybersecurity accreditation. The Bureau Veritas cyber symbols offer treatments and also methods to deal with style and also functional needs for cyber protection and also conformity with IMO 2021 needs.
Reference: nyk.com
