LR Grants AiP to HMD for LNG Bunkering Vessel Cargo Handling System

by Ship & Bunker News Team
Friday September 29, 2017

Lloyd's Register (LR) today announced that it has granted Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) approval in principle (AiP) for a cargo handling system design for a 6,600 cubic metre (cbm) liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering vessel.

LR says the cargo handling system is designed for LNG bunkering as well to supply fuel gas to the dual-fuel main engine and managing Boil-Off Gas (BOG).

Jointly developed by HMD and the Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Corporate Research Centre, the system's cargo pumps have a bunkering capacity up to 1,100 cbm per hour, supplying by either BOG compression or LNG vaporing.

LR notes that BOG returned from the LNG-fuelled ship during bunkering can be burnt in the dual-fuel engine or collected inside the Type C cargo tank.

"HMD and the HHI Corporate Research Centre expect that a cargo handling system for larger LNG bunkering vessels and LNG carriers can also be developed based on this approved design for a 6,600 cbm LNG bunkering vessel," said an HMD official.

Earlier this week, HHI announced that it has signed an $800 million contract with Polaris Shipping Co., Ltd. (Polaris Shipping) to build ten 325,000 DWT "eco-friendly" Very Large Ore Carriers (VLOCs) - all of which are set to be LNG-ready and feature exhaust gas scrubber systems.

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