a draught of 8.20 m. The liquefied natural gas transported by the tanker is cooled
down to minus 161°C.
The ship owner Anthony Veder is
specialised in transporting gas by seago-
CORAL ENERGY FAST FACTS
Length overall
155.00 m
Length between perpendiculars
146.67 m
ships to date use a mix of LNG and eth-
Breadth moulded
22.70 m
anol as their fuel, but Coral Energy is the
Depth to main deck
14.95 m
Draught max. (fully loaded)
8.20 m
Cargo tank volume
~ 15,600 cbm
Speed
15.8 kts
Crew cabins
25
Engine output
Wärtsilä – 7,800 kW
Classification
Bureau Veritas
Class
Liquefied Gas Carrier, Type 2G,
ing vessels and its fleet currently consists
of more than 25 ships. The “greenest”
Unrestricted navigation,
ICE Class I A, AUT-UMS,
AVM-APS, CLEANSHIP 7+,
MON-SHAFT, INWATERSURVEY,
GREENPASSPORT,
SYS-NEQ 1
first that operates under LNG practically all
the time. Meyer Werft and the Anthony
Veder have collaborated in both the new
building and repair sector since the middle of the 1970s.
It is clear that the LNG market is
growing, as the long-term time charter
of the new vessel by Skangass suggests.
Meyer Werft is now entering the market
of building LNG carriers, believing that especially the smaller-scale LNG market has a
great future. Meyer Werft is also keen on
developing the new propulsion system further, so that this technology can be used
on passenger ships in the future, too.
In general, LNG-powered vessels –
be it offshore vessels, LNG carriers or passenger ferries – are becoming more and
more common, with more than 200 ships
already in the LNG fleet. Yet, according
to predictions by industry experts, this is
just the tip of the iceberg: during the next
decade, LNG will power a thousand new
ships.
SAMI J. ANTEROINEN
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