Methanol-fuelled chemical tanker ‘Grouse Sun’, owned by NYK Bulkship (Asia), an NYK Group company based in Singapore, has been delivered from the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in Korea.
Grouse Sun has been equipped with a dual-fuel engine that can burn both HFO and methanol fuel. Furthermore, when navigating using methanol as fuel, the vessel has a new technology that suppresses the production of NOx (nitrogen oxides) by adding water to methanol to lower its temperature during combustion. As a result, the vessel can comply with the IMO Tier III NOx emission standard and contribute to environment-friendly transportation without the need for an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system and a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) device.
Under the management of NYK Shipmanagement, the vessel will be engaged in a long-term charter contract with Waterfront Shipping Limited, which is a subsidiary company of Methanex Corporation, the world’s largest methanol producer. The 30,873gt ship is 186m in length, and will sail under the Singapore flag.
Waterfront Shipping specialises in transport of bulk chemicals such as methanol and clean petroleum products to major international markets in North America, Asia Pacific, Europe and Latin America. It operates the world’s largest methanol ocean tanker fleet, comprising some 30 vessels from 3,000 to 50,000 dwt.
