Trelleborg’s marine systems operation has passed a major milestone with the shipment of its 600th SeaTechnikTM Ship Shore Link (SSL) system for the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Industry.
The SeaTechnikTM SMART SSL system will be installed on a 174,000m3 LNG Carrier (Hull number 2411), being built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) at its Okpo ship yard, Goeje Island, South Korea, for Teekay shipping Limited.
Odin, Kwon of DSME shipyard, said: “As one of the world leaders in the supply of LNG carriers and Floating Regasification and Storage Units (FSRUs), we recognise that the SeaTechnikTM SSL is vital to the performance of our customers’ vessels as a trading asset.”
David Glendinning, President, Teekay Gas Services, said: “Our business is the safe, efficient transport of LNG for our customers. The SSL is a mission critical system in the cargo transfer process. Each of our vessels is also backed by Trelleborg’s Fleet Support Service which ensures an expert is always at the end of the phone or on email, 24/7.”
The primary role of the SeaTechnikTM SSL-ESD is to ensure secure ESD signalling to mutually shut-down ship and shore pumping and transfer systems in the event of an abnormal condition or emergency.
The SSL-ESD helps avoid damaging surge pressures that could lead to spillages of cryogenic liquid, which could in turn, compromise the hull integrity through ‘cold-cracking’. The SSL, which should be ATEX, IECEx and SIL 2 certified, handles the ESD, telephony, process information and mooring load monitor data.
Source & Image Credit: Trelleborg
