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Anthony Verder Signs Long-Term Charter Agreement with Gasum for LNG Vessel
Anthony Veder Gas Carriers B.V. (Anthony Veder) announced that it has signed an agreement with Gasum Oy (Gasum) for a long-term timecharter of a new "state of the art", 18,000 cbm, liquid natural gas (LNG) powered vessel that will be built at German shipyard, Neptun Werft, and delivered at the last quarter of 2017.
The design of the vessel is said to be based on proven technology already applied by Anthony Veder for its LNG carriers, and will also use the LNG boil-off gas as a fuel for its main and auxiliary engines, making the vessel "fully compliant with the most stringent emission regulations and environmentally friendly in operation."
The vessel is intended to bring LNG to two LNG terminals which are currently under construction, including Tahkoluoto in Pori, which will be completed in 2016, and Röyttä in Tornio, Finland, to be completed in 2018.
"Since the Röyttä terminal in Tornio is located in the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea, the vessel will have the highest ice class notation (1A SUPER) and COLD notation to allow the vessel to safely and reliably trade in the extreme winter weather conditions that occur in that region regularly," said Anthony Veder in the statement.
Jan Valkier, CEO of Anthony Veder, commenting on the agreement, said, "we are committed to developing cost and energy-efficient solutions for small to mid-size LNG shipping."
"For Anthony Veder this will be the fifth small-scale LNG carrier operating in the Northern European area.
"Furthermore this brings the total of LNG fueled vessels in our fleet to seven. But this agreement primarily and most importantly allows us to enter into cooperation with Gasum and further expand our existing strong relationship with our well respected customer Skangass."
Skangass AS (Skangass) is a subsidiary of Gasum that works toward the development of LNG infrastructure for the Nordic countries.
"We are very satisfied on our new agreement with Anthony Veder. The new vessel supports our strategic aim to develop the Nordic LNG infrastructure and gas market, furthering our possibility to offer a much more competitive product for end users in the maritime and industry sectors", says Johanna Lamminen, CEO of Gasum and Chairman of the Board for Skangas.
In January, Skangass announced it has commissioned Coralius, a custom 5,800 cbm cargo capacity LNG bunkering vessel to be employed in ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operations in Skagerrak, Kattegat, and the Baltic Sea.
