14MAR2019 - NEWS - Trans Gas Solution of South Korea gets AiP from Korean Register for a bunker barge design which is to be part of new coastal LNG bunkering system

South Korean LNG engineering, procurement and construction company Trans Gas Solution has recetnly received approval in principle from Korean Register for a 500-m3 LNG bunker barge design that will be part of a new coastal LNG bunkering system being developed in South Korea to serve LNG-fuelled ships. Funding for the LNG bunker barge concept is through a government-backed project supported by South Korea’s Minister of Maritime Affairs & Fisheries and organised by the Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering (KRISO). The LNG bunkering barge concept, Kolt-05B, is a 48.5-m vessel with an IMO Type C pressurised fuel tank with a storage capacity of 500 m3, including a low-pressure LNG fuel gas supply system CryoPac-L. The barge will have a bunkering arm to assist in fuelling vessels at a flowrate of 200 m3/h, and the ability to handle return gases during bunkering operations. The vessel's LNG-fuelled engine will comply with the latest IMO emission regulations regarding sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxide and carbon dioxide emissions.

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