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The world’s f rst ME-GIE (Gas Injection Ethane) two-stroke engine, on board the ‘Gaschem Beluga’.
The GasChem Beluga is also the f rst vessel
Gaschem Beluga with a two-stroke ethane-fueled engine. The
Length o.a.: 188.3 m
Breadth, molded: 29 m
Design draft (ethane): 9.5 m
Mitsui-MAN B&W 7G50ME-C9.5-GIE unit is the
Main engine: MAN B&W 7G50ME-GIE
Power: 12,040 kW f rst in a series of two engines acting as main kn Speed: 16.5
Classi? cation: DNV GL propulsion for two such LEG carriers of 36,000 cu.
Delivery: November 2016, July 2017 m. ordered by Hartmann Reederei of Germany and Ocean Yield of Norway, and constructed at
Sinopacif c Of shore Engineering (SOE) in China.
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