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While saying the global shipbuilding market has been ‘chal- lenging’ is a drastic understatement, there remain pockets of

Shipbuilding opporunity, and innovation in hybrid propulsion systems and

SHIPBUILDING alternative marine fuels continues in earnest.

Highlights 2017 ship was designed and developed spe- gas oil as well as LNG and is one of the ny in Teesport, which was attended by

GasChem Beluga

A new lique? ed ethylene gas carrier ci? cally for SABIC by Hartmann Ree- world’s ? rst to operate on ethane. representatives and customers of SABIC (LEG) was named on Teesside. Operated derei, in cooperation with engineering The design of the Star-Trilobe cargo and the Hartmann Group together with by Germany’s Hartmann Reederei and consultants HB Hunte Engineering to tank presents another world innovation member of the Tees Shipping commu- take advantage of the emerging global to allow an increase in cargo capacity nity.

GasChem Services, the new eco-friend- ly sea vessel GasChem Beluga will carry ethane trade. by nearly 30 percent leading to reduced “As a responsible global company,

The ship’s design focused on building shipping costs through higher economies SABIC is committed to providing high- shipments of ethane gas from Houston to

SABIC’s cracker at Wilton on Teesside the Eco Star 36K with svelte bow design. of scale. quality, competitively priced products to under a long-term time charter. SABIC The new vessel type differs fundamen- The GasChem Beluga – which will be its customers whilst doing all it reason- recently converted its Teesside cracker tally from conventional gas carriers, as joined by a sister vessel the GasChem ably can in order to reduce the environ- during a major investment to enable it its superstructures are located at the bow. Orca in July – marks a new generation mental impact of its operations,” said

This results in an optimized distribution of semi-refrigerated ethylene/ethane Frank Claus. “We would like to express to take ethane gas alongside other feed- of weight and, therefore, a reduced de- carriers, designed for environmentally our appreciation to all involved, espe- stocks, to make it one of the most ? ex- mand for ballast water – which again friendly operations with minimum emis- cially the Hartmann and GasChem team ible and competitive crackers in Europe.

Next to the modi? cation of the cracker leads to a reduced fuel consumption and sions at a maximum of reliability and sea for joining SABIC on the journey to de- emissions at the same time. The bow endurance. liver on a truly global supply chain. Not itself, the conversion project required the build of a new cryogenic ethane tank and design enables the vessel to improve The new ships with a cargo capacity only have we managed to lever ethane purpose built ships to transfer the ethane seakeeping at higher transit speeds and of 36,000 cu. m. each for lique? ed gas as an advantaged cracker feedstock, we from the U.S. Gulf Coast to the U.K. The improved fuel ef? ciency. cargoes up to -104° C, will greatly re- are proud to be one of the ? rst chemi-

The latest generation of the MAN duce emissions of nitrogen oxides, sulfur cal companies in the world to use it as a ? rst born of these ships is the GasChem

Beluga. She made her maiden voyage B&W dual fuel two-stroke engine has oxides and soot particles too by running clean fuel for our highly ef? cient ships high reliability and low fuel consump- engines on clean gas. as well. Our U.K. site in Teesside is of from Shanghai through the Panama Ca- nal to Houston in December to mark the tion with low emissions meeting the re- Odette Claus, the wife of Frank Claus, strategic importance to SABIC and also quirements of IMO Tier II. The vessel Global Director Supply Chain Liquids, from a global supply chain perspective. of? cial start of the contract-hiring pe- riod. Built in China, the state-of-the-art is able to operate on HFO, MDO and of? cially named the vessel, at a ceremo- The ? exible cracker project will secure

SABIC TECHNOLOGY DRIVES INNOVATION: Odette Claus, wife of SABIC’s Global Director Supply Chain Liquids Frank Claus (right) with Captain Alfred Hartmann, founder of the Hartmann Group, after Mrs. Claus of