Bureau Veritas to class unique powerships
French classification society Bureau Veritas is to class three floating dual fuel power generation units.
The self-propelled units are being converted from existing bulk carriers at Sedef Shipyard in Turkey. Each vessel features a MAN Diesel dual-fuel engine and generator suitable for natural gas or heavy fuel and can be plugged into national grids when required.
The first powership has 144 MW generation capacity and the remaining two will have capacity of 180-220 MW. The project is being financed and designed by Turkish energy company Karadeniz Powership Co.
Kerim Kiper, head of Bureau Veritass Turkish office said: We have just seen the first of this series of three vessels delivered and it is now in successful service in the Middle East Gulf. Two more powerships based on panamax bulkers are still under construction to our class at Sedef and will be delivered later this year.
Source:bureau veritas
