TGE Marine will supply the cargo handling and fuel gas system for 3x 7,600 cbm LNG bunkering vessels for Seaspan ULC
The first 7,600-cbm LNG bunkering vessel for Canada’s Seaspan ULC has officially begun construction, according to a statement from China’s Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering. To commemorate the beginning of construction, CIMC SOE held a steel-cutting ceremony for the LNG bunkering vessel with the working name S1061 on February 2.
The Canadian-flagged ship will be classed by BV and will feature the latest ship technology to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions, CIMC COE said. The vessel will have 112.8 meters in length, 18.6 meters in width, 5 meters in draft, and a design speed of 13 knots.
This is the first vessel under a contract that CIMC SOE secured last year to construct two 7,600 cbm LNG bunkering vessels for Seaspan Marine Transportation. The agreement also includes an option for a third LNG bunkering ship in addition to the two firm vessels.
Norway’s Hoglund said last year it won a contract last year to deliver integrated automation system (IAS) for three Seaspan’s newbuild LNG bunkering vessels.
Also, Bonn-based TGE Marine Gas Engineering will supply the cargo handling and fuel gas system for the three vessels.
The vessels will each feature two IMO type C cylindrical tanks and an LNG sub-cooling system to facilitate cargo conditioning during transit and anchorage.
TGE Marine said the vessels will go in operation starting in 2024.
According to data by VesselsValue, CIMC SOE will deliver the first two ships in 2024 and one in 2025.
Seaspan ULC is a group of Canadian companies that are primarily involved in coastal marine, transportation, bunker fueling, ship repair and shipbuilding services on the West Coast of North America.
Designed by Vard Marine, the bunkering vessels will provide ship-to-ship LNG transfer as well as coastal/short sea shipping operations, Seaspan previously said. Besides Vard, Seaspan partnered with the Port of Vancouver, Canada’s largest port, and FortisBC, the owner of the Tilbury LNG facility in British Columbia.
Source TGE Marine