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Meet the LNG Hybrid Barge

Becker Marine Systems launched its new LNG Hybrid Barge, a unit that acts like a fl oating power plant, supplying low-emission energy to cruise ships.

The LNG Hybrid Barge measures 76.7 x 11.4m with a draft of 1.7m. In early

September it made the 1,500 km journey up the Danube, Main and Rhine rivers towards Hamburg for technical testing and commissioning. Follow- ing a naming ceremony in mid-October, the LNG Hybrid Barge will for the fi rst time be delivering energy to a cruise ship as part of a joint project with

AIDA Cruises. The LNG Hybrid Barge is equipped with fi ve generators with an overall output of 7.5 MW (50/60 Hz). These generators will be the fi rst marine classifi ed LNG Caterpillar engines to be delivered to customers. www.becker-marine-systems.com

LNG Powered Cement Carrier

The fi rst LNG powered ship that Ferus Smit has on order for Erik Thun A.B. will be built and equipped as a dedicated cement carrier. It will be delivered to the joint venture JT cement, in which Erik Thun AB cooperates with KG

Jebsen Cement from Norway. There is an option for a second vessel. The vessels cargo system will consist of a fully automated cement loading and unloading system, based on fl uidization of cement by means of compressed air. The cargo system is designed and delivered by KGJ cement. The cargo handling equipment will be able to discharge up to 500 cu. m. per hour. Cargo capacity will be around 7,200 DWT, and the ship will measure 109.7 x 15m.

Characteristics of year round Baltic service with iceclass 1A and a Wärtsilä dual fuel engine fed by a pressurized type C LNG tank inside the hull remain unchanged. www.ferus-smit.nl

Photo: Becker Marine Systems

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Image cour tesy of Ferus Smit

Image cour tesy VT Halter

Second ConRo for Pasha

VT Halter Marine launched MV Marjorie C, a container and RoRo car truck carrier (ConRo) at its Pascagoula facilities. MV Marjorie C is the second vessel built for Pasha Hawaii. MV Marjorie C has the ability to carry 1,500

TEUs, above and under deck, as well as vehicles and over-high and over- wide cargoes on 10 workable decks. The 692-ft. long vessel, with a vehicle shipping capacity of 2,750 units, is the largest vessel ever built by VT Halter

Marine. The stern quarter ramp measures 39.4 ft. wide and 20.7 ft. high, with a rated capacity at up to 250 metric tons. www.vthaltermarine.com

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