Independence (ship, 2014)

Independence

Ship data flag  Singapore Ship type Liquefied gas tankers Callsign 9V7190 home port Singapore Owner Höegh LNG Klaipėda Shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries Build number 2549 Order June 10, 2011 Keel laying January 21, 2013 Launch May 3, 2013 takeover May 12, 2014

Ship dimensions and crew length 294.07 m ( Lüa ) 282.02 m ( Lpp ) width 46 m Side height 26 m Draft Max. 12.6 m measurement 109,793 GT / 36,732 NRZ   crew 25th

Machine system machine diesel-electric Top speed 18 kn (33 km / h) propeller 1 × fixed propeller

Transport capacities Load capacity 82,028 dwt Volume 170,132 m³

Others Classifications DNV GL Registration numbers IMO no. 9629536

The Independence is a liquid gas tanker built in 2014 that serves as an import terminal in Klaipeda.

history

In 2007 the Seimas (the Lithuanian Parliament) decided that a liquid gas terminal should be built.

The tanker, built by Hyundai Heavy Industries , was designed as a tank storage vessel with a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU). The ship has a storage capacity of around 170,000  m³ . It will be used as a floating LNG terminal and storage facility in the port of Klaipėda and is intended to make Lithuania more independent of gas supplies from Russia . The project is co-financed by the European Investment Bank .

The ship ordered in 2011 was built in 2013/2014. The keel was laid on January 21st, the launch on May 3rd, 2013. It was completed on May 12, 2014. The ship reached its port of destination on October 27, 2014.

Technical specifications

The ship is equipped with a diesel-electric drive . For electricity generation are four of Wärtsilä - diesel driven generators. The emergency power supply is ensured by a generator driven by a Cummins diesel engine.

The ship has four cargo tanks. Tank 1 holds 26,510 m³, tanks 2 to 4 each have a capacity of 46,873 m³ (with 98% use). A maximum of 9000 m³ / hour can be loaded, and a maximum of 5000 m³ / hour deleted.

The new world's largest LNG bunker ship in Cairo is supplied by Independence .

Web links

Commons : Independence  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Fleet , Höegh LNG

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Independence. DNV GL, accessed on May 28, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Rima Aukštuolytė: SkGD terminalo projekto įgyvendinimo chronologija , Verslo žinios, October 27, 2014.
3. ↑ Four New Regasification Vessels ( Memento of 27 October 2014 Internet Archive ), Höegh LNG.
4. ↑ Klaipėda LNG terminal . Retrieved September 4, 2018.
5. ↑ R. Dačkus: gas terminal will serve to strengthen Lithuania's energy independence , President of the Republic of Lithuania, February 19, 2014 accessed October 27, 2014.
6. ↑ James Kanter: At Anchor Off Lithuania, Its Own Energy Supply , The New York Times , July 4, 2013, accessed October 27, 2014.
7. ^ Peter Carstens: Russian air numbers , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , November 1, 2014.
8. ↑ Tadas Matulionis: LNG Terminal in Lithuania ( Memento of the original from June 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , LNG Terminal Klaipėdos Nafta, November 2013, accessed on October 27, 2014 (PDF file, 3 MB).
9. ↑ Konrad Schuller: Raw materials as a means of pressure: Der Russland-Brecher , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, October 27, 2014, accessed on October 27, 2014.
10. ↑ Regulations for use of the liquefied natural gas terminal , Klaipedos Nafta (PDF file, 383 kB), accessed on September 4, 2018.