The world’s first LNG dual-fuel VLCC the YUAN RUI YANG is being delivered on February 28 at Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC) for COSCO.
Mr. Huang Xiaowen, Executive Vice President of COSCO, Sun WeiVice President of CSSC,Yang Guang, the Deputy General Manager of CCS Dalian Branch attended the vessel delivery ceremony.
The delivery of YUAN RUI YANG is significant milestone for China in developing vessels which cut CO2 emissions as part of China’s green energy drive across the shipping supply and logistics chain.
According to ang Guang, the Deputy General Manager of CCS Dalian Branch, the new ship demonstrates how LNG can be used as the main fuel for VLCCs.
The YUAN RUI YANG will be operated by COSCO Shipping Energy Transportation Company. Using LNG as its main fuel, it is equipped with the dual-fuel engine, power generators and boiler.
In gas mode, the ship’s endurance can reach 12,000 nautical miles, with a combined endurance for fuel and gas of 24,000 nautical miles. It makes the design energy efficiency index (EEDI) about 39.3% lower than the baseline value.
China Classification Society has further awarded class notations for the ship including Natural Gas Fuel, i-Ship(E) for ship intelligent energy efficiency, Green Ship I and NEC (III) for NOx emission control.
The ship is also designed with the C-type storage tanks, which are two 3,500 cbm LNG low-temperature storage tanks with completely independent intellectual property rights obtained for the vessel.
The ‘YAUN RUI YANG’ has comprehensive energy-saving and performance indexes as a result of its LNG dual-fuel design, ship form optimisation and efficient hull-engine-propeller matching. It is further the VLCC to use of corrosion-resistant steel instead of cargo hold PSPC coating.
said Mr Yang.