Japanese ship operator NYK has held a naming ceremony at the Sakaide Works of Kawasaki Heavy Industries for the first new LPG carrier jointly owned by NYK and Astomos Energy Corporation since the two companies shared ownership of ‘Gas Capricorn’ from 2003.
NYK seeks to further strengthen its long-standing relationship with Astomos Energy and contribute to the decarbonisation of the supply chain by promoting environmentally friendly fleet development.
The vessel, christened Gas Garnet, is 229.9m long and has a capacity of 86,953m3 of LPG. It has a dual-fuel engine that uses heavy oil and LPG. In addition, the ship is equipped with a shaft generator that generates electricity by rotating the shaft connecting the main engine to the propeller, enabling the vessel to stop operating the diesel generator during standard navigation and realise LPG-fuelled navigation with just a small amount of HFO as pilot fuel.Compared to conventional HFO-fuelled vessels, SOx and CO2 in the exhaust gas are reduced by more than 95% and 20% respectively when the ship is fuelled by LPG.
Image: ‘Gas Garnet’ dual-fuel LPG carrier
