Heerema’s Sleipnir, the world’s most powerful offshore crane vessel, took part in a record breaking LNG bunkering on 26th of March in Rotterdam.
3,300t of LNG were transferred in less than 24h. The LNG fuel gas system including its 8 x 1,100 cbm tanks was delivered by TGE Marine Gas Engineering. This first of its kind offshore crane project with LNG propulsion was one of the first applications with TGE’s vertical type C tanks. The system consist of a four train LNG fuel system providing gas fuel to 4 engine rooms with full redundancy based on the DP notation of the vessel.
The news by Anthony Veder and Heerema has been spread by various new channels:
https://www.swzmaritime.nl/news/2020/03/30/sleipnir-sets-lng-bunkering-world-record-in-rotterdam/
Impressive Video of Sleipnir with the bunker vessel alongside:
https://www.portofrotterdam.com/en/files/record-breaking-lng-bunkering-for-sleipnir-in-rotterdam
