{"id":18425,"date":"2020-09-29T06:29:56","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T03:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/gallery-hapag-lloyds-ultra-large-boxship-gets-its-lng-bunker-tank-in-landmark-conversion\/18425\/"},"modified":"2020-09-29T06:29:56","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T03:29:56","slug":"gallery-hapag-lloyds-ultra-large-boxship-gets-its-lng-bunker-tank-in-landmark-conversion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/gallery-hapag-lloyds-ultra-large-boxship-gets-its-lng-bunker-tank-in-landmark-conversion\/18425\/","title":{"rendered":"GALLERY: Hapag-Lloyd\u2019s ultra large boxship gets its LNG bunker tank in landmark conversion"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LNG bunker tank being into Hapag-Lloyd’s Sajir; Image courtesy: Hapag-Lloyd <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The world’s first conversion of a large container ship to LNG as fuel has hit a major milestone as an LNG bunker tank was lifted into Hapag-Lloyd’s Sajir boxship at the Chinese shipyard Huarun Dadong Dockyard Co<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 6,500-cbm LNG Mark III tank was designed by the French LNG containment specialist GTT. The tank, weighing 1,300 tonnes, was hoisted into the Sajir by a floating crane last weekend.<\/p>\n

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Image courtesy: Hapag-Lloyd<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The milestone is the result of 5 years of development together with Hapag-Lloyd<\/a> and TECHNOLOG GmbH teams, GTT said on social media.<\/p>\n

The company revealed earlier<\/a> that the design of the project is based on the use of an exoskeleton-type structure which obtained a general approval for ship application (GASA) by DNV-GL in 2017. <\/p>\n

The tank will now be welded to the hold in the weeks ahead. While this is happening, the main engine and the auxiliary diesel engines will be converted to dual-fuel operation for LNG and low-sulphur fuel oil. <\/p>\n

MAN Energy Solutions has been tasked with the conversion of the vessel\u2019s HFO-burning MAN B&W 9S90ME-C engine to a dual-fuel MAN B&W ME-GI. <\/p>\n

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