Enagás subsidiary, Scale Fuel, and Knutsen have introduced the primary ship to provide and transport LNG inbuilt Spain on the Barcelona Regasification Plant. The ‘Haugesund Knutsen’, chartered by Shell Spain and Constructed by Astilleros Armón Gijón, can be based mostly within the Port of Barcelona.
Arturo Gonzalo, CEO of Enagás, mentioned: “The development of the ship is a step ahead in assembly the European decarbonisation targets with the promotion of LNG as a sustainable gas in maritime transport.” He added: “This initiative is a part of a European challenge coordinated by Enagás inside the LNGhive2 technique led by Puertos del State, with the goal of favouring the event of the LNG market as a sustainable maritime gas, and assure provide in ports, on-line with the European Directive on various fuels.”
Knutsen Founder and Proprietor, Trygve Seglem, commented: “The Haugesund Knutsen confirms Knutsen’s strategic line, which started 15 years in the past with Pioneer Knutsen, to guess on small scale LNG as a device to bolster using LNG as marine gas and thus assist in the target of decarbonisation and enchancment of the surroundings in Europe and the Mediterranean.”
President of Shell Spain, Óscar Fernández, mentioned: “The Haugesund Knutsen ship, which joins our international community of bunkering, is a powerful instance of how the collaboration between the totally different actors within the sector along with the help of public administrations, will make it attainable to collectively obtain decarbonisation aims.”
President of the Port of Barcelona, Lluís Salvadó, said: “Having a ship just like the ‘Haugesund Knutsen’ and the amassed expertise as companions in its design and building additional reinforces the positioning of the Port of Barcelona as a port for the provision of different fuels and attain the objective of lowering our carbon emissions by 50% by 2030.”
Previous to the presentation of the ship, Gonzalo and Salvadó signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collectively promote hydrogen initiatives renewable vitality within the space, consistent with the target of the H2MED challenge to develop the primary inexperienced hydrogen hall within the EU, the place Barcelona can be a key enclave.
The entry into operation of H2MED will permit the connection of the Port of Barcelona with the Spanish Hydrogen Trunk Community, which is able to proceed to bolster the position of the Port as a key vitality hub in Europe to attain the aims of decarbonisation.
The ‘Haugesund Knutsen’ has had the launching ceremony within the Port of Barcelona, the place it’s going to load and provide LNG as gas to ships, in addition to in areas adjoining.
It’s going to additionally serve extra clients within the Mediterranean area, enjoying a key position for the safety of provide within the area and selling using LNG as essentially the most respectful gas with the surroundings at current for the Marine transport.
The boat complies with all the safety measures established by the totally different group laws, has a storage capability of 5000 m3, with two bilobal tanks of 2500 m3 every, and an LNG provide capability of 1000 m3/h. It’s 92.75 m in size, 16.9 m in beam and 4.25 m of draft.
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