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GREAT SHIPS of 2017

Engie Zeebrugge

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Ship Name Engie Zeebrugge

Ship Type purpose-built LNG bunkering vessel

Ship Builder Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co. Ltd.,

As international regulations on emis- as a hopeful alternative to diesel fuel in

Ship Owner ENGIE SA, Fluxys, Mitsubishi Corporation, NYK sions for ships tighten, LNG is expected achieving a signi? cantly reduced EEDI.

Ship Operator ENGIE SA, Mitsubishi Corporation, NYK to become an important alternative fuel for the maritime industry. The challenge Ship Description

Ship Designer Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co. Ltd., in making LNG grow in the bunker mar- Engie Zeebrugge was delivered in Feb-

Delivery Date February 15, 2017 ket is to develop suf? cient supply infra- ruary 2017, and is now based at the port structure to support the increasing num- of Zeebrugge, Belgium. The vessel is de-

Classi? cation Bureau Veritas ber of LNG-fueled ships that are expected livering LNG to LNG-fueled vessels op- to come into operation. Engie Zeebrugge, erating mainly in the North Sea and the in this respect, marks a milestone in the Baltic Sea. This LNG supply and sales development of the European LNG bun- business was launched initially with the kering chain. While LNG-fueled ships up two LNG-fueled car carriers operated to now have been largely dependent on by United European Car Carriers (head ? xed bunker locations or the limited bun- of? ce: Oslo, Norway)but can provide kering capacity of LNG trailers, Engie its services to other LNG-fueled ves-

Zeebrugge, the ? rst purpose built LNG sels operating in the North Sea and the bunkering vessel, has been designed to Baltic Sea. Commencement of service of service a variety of LNG-fueled ships. ENGIE ZEEBRUGGE means that wide

The environmental bene? ts of using range of ship owners can bene? t from

LNG as fuel are signi? cant. Compared to signi? cantly reduced EEDI of LNG as the use of diesel fuel, use of LNG will fuel. Engie Zeebrugge makes numbers reduce the NOx emission by approxi- of vessels energy ef? cient. Looking at mately 90% on a lean burn gas fuelled the vessel itself, the vessel was built and engine, and the SOx and particle matters equipped to the highest safety and en- emissions are negligible without the need vironment-friendly standards. It has an of any abatement technologies. The CO2 overall length of 107.6m, beam of 18.4m emissions are about 20% lower com- and can carry 5,000m³ of LNG for ships’ pared to diesel fuel because of the lower fuel stored at IMO Type C independent carbon content. This feature makes LNG pressurized tanks.

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