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BERLIN EXPRESS SERI DAMAI

Hapag-Lloyd welcomed Berlin Express into its ? eet, the MISC welcomed two of its latest new generation of Lique- ? rst ship of its new Hamburg Express class and the ? rst of a ? ed Natural Gas (LNG) carriers, Seri Damai and Seri Daya dozen large container ships will be put into service by 2025. to its ? eet of LNG carriers. These 174,000 CBM LNG car-

The dual-fuel vessels will also be able to operate using non- riers are equipped with smart and sustainable technologies fossil fuels, such as bio-methane and e-methane, generating and were built for MISC by Samsung Heavy Industries Co., minimal CO2 emissions. For now, LNG will be used, which Ltd. (SHI). These new LNG carriers will be on long-term will reduce CO2 emissions by up to 25% and soot emissions charters to ExxonMobil’s wholly-owned subsidiary, SeaRiv- by 95%. In addition, advanced components – such as an op- er Maritime LLC (SRM) and will be managed by Eaglestar timized hull and a highly ef? cient propeller – will help the Shipmanagenent (S) Pte.Ltd.

vessels to reduce fuel consumption and thereby greenhouse With the addition of Seri Damai and Seri Daya MISC now gas emissions, the company said. All the vessels in this class has 31 LNG carriers in its GAS Business, in addition to six will sail under German ? ag and thereby make an important Very Large Ethane Carriers (VLECs) and two LNG Float- contribution to strengthening Germany as a shipping hub.” ing Storage Units (FSUs), which has a combined deadweight

The “Berlin Express” was built at the Hanwha Ocean ship- tonnage (dwt) capacity of over two million tons.

yard in South Korea. With a length of almost 400 meters and Seri Damai and Seri Daya have enhanced cargo tank insu- a capacity of 23,600 TEU, it is the largest cargo ship ever to lation with the GTT Mark-III Flex PLUS cargo containment sail under German ? ag. The container ships in the Hamburg system which is designed to reduce the boil-off rate to 0.07%

Express class will exclusively operate on the cargo-intensive of cargo volume per day for improved ef? ciency.

Far East route between Asia and Europe. Powered by WinGD X-DF propulsion, the vessels ful? ll the IMO Tier-III emission requirements without any external exhaust gas after-

SERI DAMAI treatment system. It also complies with the Energy Ef? ciency Existing Ship Index (EEXI) standard while the eco-ef? cient vessels are also certi? ed with ENVIRO

Notation, a voluntary adoption of integrat- ing ABS requirements with international conventions for environmental protection.

The ships use the Samsung SVESSEL technology for enhanced safety and ef? ciency through remote monitoring of vessel performance and operations.

Photo courtesy MISC

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