Sweden’s Sirius Shipping has partnered up with Finnish state-owned energy company Gasum for a new bio-LNG bunker vessel..
The 7,800 cu m vessel, jointly owned between the two companies, will be built at RMK Marine yard in Istanbul, Turkey, for delivery into Gasum charter in 2027.
No value of the investment was revealed, which Gasum noted is part of the company’s strategy to secure the volumes of LNG and bio-LNG in northwestern Europe as demand increases in the coming years.
“Shipowners are now seeing that switching to LNG and bio-LNG is one of the best ways of reducing emissions in maritime logistics already today, instead of waiting for other technologies that have not yet reached maturity or the required scale or infrastructure,” said Mika Wiljanen, CEO of Gasum.
The 112.9-m-long Ice Class 1A unit will feature lower fuel consumption and low-emission technologies, including a hybrid battery. It will also sport a gas combustion unit of 27.7 MW that will enable the vessel to perform cool-down and warming-up services to other vessels’ fuel tanks or cargo tanks.
The newbuilding to be named Celsius builds on the previous partnership between the companies with Gasum chartering in the 2017-built 5,800 cu m LNG bunker ships Coralius from Sirius and the Donsö-based owner managing Gasum’s small-scale bunkering unit Seagas since 2012.
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