China to Build World’s First CNG Ship

[cirr]

July 30, 2014

China to Build World’s First CNG Ship

The world’s first compressed natural gas carrier will be built by China to fulfill an order from Pelayaran Bahtera Adhiguna, a subsidiary of Indonesia’s state-owned power company Perusahaan Listrik Negara, according to ABS, the company selected to class the ship.

The CNG ship was designed by China’s CIMC Ocean Engineering Design & Research Institute and will be built at China’s Qingdao Wuchuan Heavy Industry’s shipyard.

The ship will be dual-classed with the Indonesian class society Biro Klasifikasi Indonesia, will be 110 meters in length and offer sailing speeds of 14 knots. It is designed to offer a nominal CNG capacity of 2,200 m3 and will fly the Indonesian flag.

The ship is expected to transport natural gas from Indonesian fields in East Java to communities on the island of Lombok, benefiting relatively remote communities that are not economically feasible to supply by pipeline.

Powering ships with alternative fuels such as natural gas was a recommendation made recently in a report by ship classification society and sustainability service provider DNV GL as a way to achieve a safe and sustainable future.

In a separate position paper, DNV GL also suggested that the global shipping industry could adopt hybrid propulsion solutions, featuring batteries or other energy storage technologies.

China to Build World’s First CNG Ship · Environmental Management & Sustainability News · Environmental Leader

 

[Kyle Sun]

LNG ship is not CNG ship ?

 

[terranMarine]

CNG = compressed natural gas
LNG = liquefied natural gas

 

[kankan326]

I wonder how the liquid can be compressed

 

[terranMarine]

I wonder how the liquid can be compressed

CNG is made by compressing natural gas (which is mainly composed of methane, CH4), to less than 1 percent of the volume it occupies at standard atmospheric pressure. It is stored and distributed in hard containers at a pressure of 20–25 MPa (2,900–3,600 psi), usually in cylindrical or spherical shapes.

 

[aliaselin]

This data is more exciting than the news

 

[Echo_419]

July 30, 2014

China to Build World’s First CNG Ship

The world’s first compressed natural gas carrier will be built by China to fulfill an order from Pelayaran Bahtera Adhiguna, a subsidiary of Indonesia’s state-owned power company Perusahaan Listrik Negara, according to ABS, the company selected to class the ship.

The CNG ship was designed by China’s CIMC Ocean Engineering Design & Research Institute and will be built at China’s Qingdao Wuchuan Heavy Industry’s shipyard.

The ship will be dual-classed with the Indonesian class society Biro Klasifikasi Indonesia, will be 110 meters in length and offer sailing speeds of 14 knots. It is designed to offer a nominal CNG capacity of 2,200 m3 and will fly the Indonesian flag.

The ship is expected to transport natural gas from Indonesian fields in East Java to communities on the island of Lombok, benefiting relatively remote communities that are not economically feasible to supply by pipeline.

Powering ships with alternative fuels such as natural gas was a recommendation made recently in a report by ship classification society and sustainability service provider DNV GL as a way to achieve a safe and sustainable future.

In a separate position paper, DNV GL also suggested that the global shipping industry could adopt hybrid propulsion solutions, featuring batteries or other energy storage technologies.

China to Build World’s First CNG Ship · Environmental Management & Sustainability News · Environmental Leader

Is building a CNG ship very Complicated or no one till now felt the need to build one of these

 

[Edison Chen]

http://info.chineseshipping.com.cn/cninfo/News/201407/t20140730_1237782.shtml

 

[TheNoob]

Is building a CNG ship very Complicated or no one till now felt the need to build one of these

You answered yourself.

 

[Edison Chen]

• 2014年，骨干企业和研究单位，继续强化市场需求引导，加强绿色环保主流船舶和高技术船舶的开发，产品结构调整取得新的突破，获得液化天然气（LNG）船、超大型油船、超大型集装箱船、大型散货船及液化乙烯气体（LEG）船、不锈钢化学品船、科学考察船等一批高技术船舶订单。
• 今年上半年，承接新船订单4080万载重吨，同比增长78.2%，继续保持了全球第一的地位。
• 上半年，我国承接各类海洋工程装备订单81艘（座），其中自升式钻井平台11座、半潜式钻井平台3座、钻井船3艘、生产平台3座、海工辅助船59艘，合同金额79亿美元，世界市场份额占比提高到32%，居全球第一。

 

[cirr]

CNG ships、LNG ships、LEG ships etc，the lot。