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Editorial Assistant
LNG Trade,
Know-how group Wärtsilä continues to strengthen its established place as a significant provider to the LNG provider vessel sector. Following an earlier newbuild programme in June 2022 for 4 new vessels, the corporate has now been awarded the contract to provide reliquefaction methods for an additional eight ships. These eight vessels shall be owned by numerous main world transport corporations. The orders by Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard had been booked into Wärtsilä’s order consumption 1Q23.
The collection of Wärtsilä options displays the trade’s give attention to effectivity and lowered environmental impression as a method for decarbonising marine operations. For every ship, Wärtsilä will provide Wärtsilä Compact Reliq Single Booster (CRSB) reliquefaction system.
“Reliquefaction methods are right this moment changing into customary on all sizes of LNG carriers and our Compact Reliq system meets this want completely. The booster operate carried out on the Compact Reliq methods permits us to provide a reliquefaction system with superior effectivity and lowest-in-class energy consumption, which in flip reduces the vessel’s gasoline consumption,” says Pål Steinnes, Head of Gross sales, Midstream, Wärtsilä Gasoline Options.
The Wärtsilä tools is scheduled to be delivered commencing in 2024, and the primary ship is predicted to be delivered in 2025.
The Wärtsilä Compact Reliq system has been designed for each excessive effectivity and straightforward set up. The cooling media used is nitrogen, which along with being protected, additionally serves to simplify the system’s operation.
Learn the article on-line at: https://www.lngindustry.com/liquefaction/29032023/eight-new-lng-carriers-will-feature-wrtsil-reliquefaction-systems/
