As their first collectively owned liquefied petroleum fuel (LPG) provider in 21 years, NYK and Astomos Energy have named the brand new vessel Gas Garnet.
The firms held a naming ceremony on the Sakaide Works of Kawasaki Heavy Industries on March 1, 2024.
The 86,953 m3 capability vessel was christened Gas Garnet by Yoshihito Takahashi, senior government officer of Astomos Energy. This is the primary collectively owned LPG vessel by the businesses after they shared possession of Gas Capricorn from 2003.
The vessel has a breadth of 37.2 meters, and is provided with a dual-fuel engine that makes use of heavy oil and LPG.
In addition, the ship is provided with a shaft generator that generates electrical energy by rotating the shaft connecting the principle engine to the propeller, enabling the vessel to cease working the diesel generator throughout customary navigation and understand full LPG-fueled navigation.
According to NYK, a small quantity of heavy oil is used as pilot gas for LPG gas ignition.
Compared to standard heavy oil-fueled vessels, SOx (sulfur oxides) and CO2 (carbon dioxide) within the exhaust fuel are diminished by greater than 95% and 20%, respectively, when the ship is fueled by LPG.
