HGK Shipping ordered from De Gerlien van Tiem shipyard in Druten, Netherlands, a brand new, low-emission dry items vessel, a vessel to be specifically tailor-made to the necessities of Salzgitter Flachstahl.
Equipped with a diesel-electric drive system and photo voltaic panels and designed to be “future-fuel-ready”, the brand new vessel is outfitted to make a contribution to the sustainability ambitions of HGK Shipping and Salzgitter AG. Once it goes into service, it is going to change one of many three vessels from the prevailing fleet, which can be at the moment getting used, in keeping with the just lately signed time constitution settlement.
The design of the dry items vessel for metal provide chains has been drawn up and finalized by the group working on the HGK Shipping Design Center. Powered with a diesel-electric drive system, the vessel has a design that permits it to be retrofitted to deal with forward-looking drive methods and sorts of gas.
This consists of the choice of putting in a void house within the midships part of the vessel in future. Solar panels may also be put in on the lids of the hatches to acquire electrical power, power built-in into the onboard energy grid and in addition, for the primary time, be fed into the propulsion system.
The items vessel explicitly caters for the wants of Salzgitter AG by way of its dimensions, design and the form of the cargo house. The vessel, which might navigate canals, is 86 x 9.5m with a payload capability of 1,535 tons. It is scheduled for use for alternating companies between the Salzgitter enterprise websites and its clients within the Netherlands and Belgium with a view to transport uncooked and enter supplies for metal manufacturing, akin to scrap metal.
The new vessel is due to enter service in July 2025.
HGK Shipping locations order for a brand new dry items vessel with De Gerlien van Tiem shipyard: (from left to proper) Marcel van Tiem, Project Manager, De Gerlien van Tiem bv, Florian Bleikamp, Head of Chartering Canal / Rhine, HGK Dry Shipping GmbH, Marijke van Tiem, Director, De Gerlien van Tiem bv, Andreas Lemme, Managing Director, HGK Dry Shipping GmbH, Eric Rietveld, Project Manager, De Gerlien van Tiem bv (Copyright: HGK Shipping)
