Babcock’s LGE business has been awarded a contract for the LPG cargo handling and Fuel Gas Supply System (FGSS) for the world’s first newbuilding vessel to use LPG as a primary fuel source. The 86,000cbm carrier is being built in China and will be delivered in January 2021.
Babcock’s FGSS integrates with the cargo handling system for transfer between the two systems during voyages. To ensure the correct LPG fuel delivery condition from the FGSS to the main engine, Babcock has collaborated with MAN Energy Solutions (MAN-ES), for more than 18 months.
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The vessel’s cargo handling system will also be equipped with Babcock’s Vent Gas Cooler, which aims to increase cargo handling capacity and improve efficiency. The technology is currently operational in over 80 LPG carriers.
Along with the newbuilding order, Babcock has also received a contract to carry out a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) study into an LPG fuel system upgrade as a retrofit onto several Very Large Gas Carriers (VLGCs).
René Sejer Laursen, ME-GI Promotion Manager, MAN Energy Solutions, commented on the cooperation with Babcock:
Its cooperation with us, covering the fuel-gas supply system underpinning the ME-LGIP engine, has been first class. This is the first newbuilding project to exploit LPG as a fuel and, as such, is a great showcase for both our companies’ technologies
