Sajir
Converting “LNG ready” box ship to gas fueling will certainly set you back $30 million
Hapag-Lloyd has actually disclosed a couple of even more information concerning its strategies to transform its 15,000 TEU containership Sajir to LNG propulsion (see earlier tale).
It shows up that “LNG ready” just presumes.
The conversion, to be performed at Chinese shipyard Shanghai Huaran Dadong Dockyard, will certainly take an approximated 105 days as well as features a $30 million price.
The ship’s existing, HFO-burning guy B&W 9S90ME-C engine will certainly be transformed to a dual-fuel guy B&W ME-GI (-Gas Injection) prime moving company efficient in working on HFO as well as LNG.
The ship’s primary switchboard has added performance to allow LNG procedure. There is room readily available in the engine area for gas shutoff devices as well as steel densities as well as frameworks were initially created with feasible future conversion in mind.
BOIL-OFF WILL CERTAINLY BE USED AS GAS
To prevent the price of setting up reliquefaction tools, the ship will certainly make use of boil-off gas as gas. However, every one of the boil-off needs to be utilized due to the fact that it can not be saved or aired vent. If excessive is created, complementary engines should be begun to make use of the excess. The administration of this procedure calls for sophisticated as well as very advanced automation systems.
GUY Cryo will certainly set up a whole gas system to provide gas to the primary, in addition to to the complementary engines, consisting of a GUY Energy Solutions 300 bar high stress Pump Vaporizer System (PVU).
Although a brand-new ship would commonly save LNG beneath the holiday accommodations, which can not be utilized for containers anyhow, this was not possible aboard the two-islandSajir Instead, the LNG containers will certainly lie promptly onward of the engine area. The DNV-GL accepted gas-storage system will certainly inhabit a location matching to 350 containers, consisting of the pipework in between storage space as well as engine.
The containers will certainly be of GTT membrane layer style with a capability of 6,700 cu.m. This will certainly call for the vessel, which is released on Hapag-Lloyd’s Far East Loop 4 solution, to bunker two times on a big salami in between Asia as well as Europe.
3 BUNKERING PLACES
Bunkering is most likely to be embarked on in 3 areas– Shanghai, Singapore as well as Rotterdam.
Although Hapag-Lloyd’s supervisors accepted the financial investment in 2014, a group led by Captain Richard von Berlepsch, Managing Director, Fleet Management, has actually been functioning regularly on the task ever since, consisting of performing specific LNG bunkering danger evaluations, each commonly taking 6 months as well as embarked on collectively with the gotten LNG provider in each forecasted bunkering area.
Conversion of the Sajir is being embarked on as a pilot task as well as, if effective, conversion of the staying 16 previous UASC 16 ships will certainly comply with, stated Hapag-Loyd COO Anthony Firmin.
He additionally stated that the business’s future orders would certainly additionally likely be based upon LNG sustained propulsion.
