Wärtsilä Gas Solutions will supply the cargo handling system for a new 12,500m3 LNG bunkering vessel being built for Spanish shipowner Scale Gas, a subsidiary of Enagás, the owner and operator of Spain’s gas grid.
The vessel is co-financed from the Support for Sustainable and Digital Transport Programme, part of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan from the Spanish Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda. The order was placed by the yard building the vessel, Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering.
In placing the order, Wärtsilä’s experience and market leading position in small-scale LNG applications was emphasised. The company’s ability to engineer, design and deliver a complete system, including the Boil-Off Gas (BOG) management, integrated fuel supply, custody transfer and bunkering transfer systems, was considered central to the contract award.
David Wei, Director Purchase Department, CIMC SOE said: “The number of LNG-fuelled vessels continues to increase, which in turn means that more LNG bunkering ships are needed. We are the leader in this segment for both ship and tank building, Wärtsilä’s experience and track-record is recognised, so we select them for this project.”
Harald Øverland, Sales Manager, Wärtsilä Gas Solutions added: “The trend towards LNG represents the industry’s transition to greater environmental sustainability, and we are extremely pleased to support this with modern and reliable systems that optimise overall cargo handling efficiency.”
The Wärtsilä equipment is scheduled to be delivered to the yard during Q2, 2025. Wärtsilä has a long-standing relationship with Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering, and has supplied cargo handling systems for a number of LNG, LPG, ethane/ethylene, and multi-gas carriers built by the yard.
Image: Wärtsilä Gas Solutions will supply the gas system for a new 12.5k LNG bunkering vessel for Scale Gas (source: Wärtsilä)
