NYK purchased its 5th melted oil gas (LPG) dual-fuel huge LPG/liquefied ammonia gas carrie r (VLGC) from Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. (KHI). The ship will certainly be constructed at the KHI Sakaide Works shipyard and also is established for distribution in 2026.
This vessel is the 7th in NYK’s fleet of LPG-fueled LPG providers and also the 5th in a brand-new kind of vessel that is additionally efficient in lugging ammonia and also will certainly be geared up with different freight storage tanks made to bring LPG and also ammonia at the very same time to flexibly react to different profession patterns.
In enhancement to the LPG dual-fuel engine, the ship will certainly have a shaft generator that can create electrical energy throughout the trip by utilizing the turning of the shaft that attaches the primary engine to the prop. Since the diesel generator can be quit throughout typical seagoing transportation, understanding complete navigating with LPG gas will certainly be feasible with the exception of using a percentage of pilot gas.
When LPG is utilized as fu el, exhaust gas from the bought VLGC will certainly consist of at the very least 95% much less sulfur oxide (SOx) and also 20% much less carbon dioxide contrasted to NYK’s traditional VLGCs utilizing heavy-oil fire truck.
The vessel is anticipated to be offered symbols by Nippon Kaiji Kyokai ( ClassNK) as a VLGC that has a primary layout based on the standards provided by ClassNK to ensure that this vessel might make use of ammonia gas in the future.
Vessel Particulars
Length general: approx. 230m
Breadth (molded): 37.2 m
Depth (molded): 21.9 m
Summer draft (molded): 11.65 m
Tank ability: approx. 86,700 cu. m.
