Designed by Vancouver, B.C., based Vard Marine Inc., LNG bunkering barge is presently incomplete at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding
The 5,400-cubic-meter LNG bunkering barge incomplete at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, Wis., will certainly have 2 MacGregor Rapp HP63-13F dealt with boom cranes to manage the hose pipes that move LNG from the barge to the vessel being fueledduring bunkering procedures. The hose pipes will certainly be 63 feet long as well as created to manage 6,500 extra pounds at 42 feet outreach as well as 1,000 extra pounds at 63 feet.
MacGregor has a lengthy document of providing pipe handling cranes for oil container barges to Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding, as well as numerous various other U.S shipyards. This will certainly be the very first set of cranes to be supplied for an LNG bunkering application.
The barge is being developed for Polaris New Energy, a subsidiary ofNorthstar Midstream The homeport will certainly be Jacksonville, Fla., U.S.A. as well as procedures will certainly service consumers along the Florida coastline.
“We are glad to select MacGregor as the supplier for our LNG Bunker Barge project’s hose handling cranes. MacGregor’s support prior to order was an important part of our design development. We are confident that these cranes will meet or exceed our customer’s requirements,” claims Hugh Haggerty, Project Engineer, Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding.
“We have a long-standing relationship with Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding, and a proven reputation of delivering high-quality hose handling cranes to the US barge market,” claims John Carnall, Senior Vice President, Global Services Division, MacGregor. “These are the first hose handling cranes that MacGregor will deliver to an LNG bunkering barge, and we have tailored the specification in close cooperation with Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding’s engineering group to ensure the exact configuration for the owner’s hose handling operations.”
