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In the Shipyard

Latest Deliveries, Contracts and Designs

Photo courtesy NYK

LPG Dual-Fuel VLGC

Photo Credit to Conrad and Berard dubbed Lantana Planet

Conrad launches new naming ceremony was held at Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ Sakaide

Hopper Dredge

Works for a new very large gas carrier (VLGC) that NYK will charter

A to Astomos Energy Corporation, a lique? ed petroleum gas (LPG) com- Conrad Shipyard recently launched pany. The ship was named Lantana Planet by Mitsuru Yamanaka, EVP, Astomos Galveston Island, the ? rst of two newbuild

Energy. Lantana Planet is sister ship of Lupinas Planet, which was completed in hopper dredges being built for Great Lakes

September this year. When LPG is used as fuel, exhaust gas from the VLGC will Dredge & Dock Corporation, the U.S.’ larg- contain at least 85% less sulfur oxide (SOx) and 15% less carbon dioxide (CO2) est provider of dredging services. The new compared to conventional VLGCs equipped with fuel-oil engines. 6,500-cu.-yd.-capacity trailing suction hop- per dredge is in the water and is scheduled to be in operation the ? rst half of 2023.

The dredge will be equipped with a direct high-power pump-ashore installation, dredg- ing system automation, dynamic positioning and tracking, U.S. EPA Tier 4 compliant en- gines, and have capabilities of running on bio- fuel to minimize the environmental impact.

The newbuild will replace one of the older hopper dredges in the Great lakes ? eet, Ter- rapin Island, which is scheduled to be taken out of service during the fourth quarter of 2022 after a 42-year working life.

This Terrapin Island was planned for retire- ment upon the Galveston Island delivery, but

Work starts on 50-ft. Hybrid RV based on her age the company has decided

Snow & Company of Seattle started construction of a 50-ft. Hybrid research to accelerate her retirement to signi? cantly vessel for the Department of Energy’s Paci? c Northwest National Laboratory. reduce its operating, labor and maintenance

Dubbed RV Resilience, the boat is designed by Incat Crowther with propulsion costs and improve productivity for the over- integration provided by Paci? c Power. Hybrid propulsion will be accomplished all ? eet, Great Lakes said. Work planned for by joining twin Volvo Penta D8-510 (374kW) marine engines, and two Danfoss the Terrapin Island will be delayed until an-

Editron 20kW motor-generators. Power is stored using a Spear Trident bat- other hopper dredge completes its regulatory tery system. This combination allows the vessel to operate in a zero-emission drydock at the end of December.

“quiet” state, which is more effective for marine research and will also reduce

The retirement of the Terrapin Island will air pollution and carbon dioxide emissions.

result in a non-cash write-off of approximate-

The vessel will be stationed at PNNL’s Sequim campus. PNNL-Sequim hous- ly $8 million in the fourth quarter of 2022.

es the only marine research facilities in the DOE complex. Resilience will be a

Great Lakes hopper ? eet renewal program multi-use platform for deploying research equipment, ROV’s and diving opera- will be complete in 2025 with the delivery tions in support of various research projects, including power generation and of the sister ship to the Galveston Island.

environmental surveys. Delivery is scheduled for summer 2023.

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