Linde’s LNG fuel-gas system tagged for Baltic Sea ferry
Technology company The Linde Group, via its Swedish Engineering subsidiary Cryo AB, has been awarded a contract by Meyer Turku Shipyard of Finland to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel-gas system for the next-generation high-speed ferry being built for AS Tallink Grupp.
The LNG system consists of two horizontal, vacuum-insulated 300 m³ tanks, plus gas handling and control systems, and it will supply natural gas to the vessel's dual-fuel engines.
The ferry will operate in the Baltic Sea between Helsinki, Finland, and Tallinn, Estonia, and has been designed to comply with the European Emission Control Area (ECA) limits because it uses LNG as fuel.
The ship has a capacity of 2,850 passengers and will be capable of speeds up to 27 knots, which is partly attributable to its innovative hull shape that is engineered specifically to increase fuel efficiency.
The vessel will be delivered at the start of 2017.
Linde plays an active role in the growing popularity of LNG as a low-emissions fuel. In June last year, the Finnish Transport Agency commissioned Cryo AB to build an LNG fuel-gas system for a new icebreaker.
In Nynäshamn, south of Stockholm, Linde built Sweden's first LNG terminal in 2011, and in 2012, Linde and marine fuel specialist Bomin founded a joint venture company, Bomin Linde LNG, which is developing a supply chain for LNG as marine fuel, including the provision of required infrastructure.
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