Hamburg-based Nauticor, a unit of Linde, reported that the world’s largest LNG bunker vessel, the 7,500-cbm Kairos was officially christened at the Hamburg Cruise Center Steinwerder. The vessel began being constructed in 2016. The vessel was delivered in October 2018, according to Nauticor.
Specifically, in February 2018 steel cutting took place at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) in Ulsan, South Korea, from where the vessel was delivered in October 2018.
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Moreover, Nauticor chartered the Kairos through a collaboration with Blue LNG, where it holds the 90%, whereas the Lithuanian energy infrastructure provider KN (Klaipedos Nafta) has a 10% share, from the owner Babock Schulte Energy.
Concluding, the vessel began operations in December 2018 in Northwest Europe and at the end of January, it took part in a milestone for Klaipedos Nafta and Lithuania’s LNG import facility as it completed the 20th small-scale liquefied natural gas reloading operation.
