17OCT2019 - NEWS - VT Halter launches LNG bunkering ATB barge

Shipbuilder VT Halter Marine has launched the Q-LNG 4000 ATB barge just a few weeks after its naming ceremony.

The 324’ x 64’ x 32’.6 Q-LNG 4000 is the barge component of America’s first offshore liquefied natural gas Articulated Tug and Barge (LNG ATB) unit and is designed to carry 4,000 cubic meters of LNG. The tug component of the ATB, the 128’ x 42’ x 21’ Q-Ocean Services, is scheduled to launch late October and will be powered by two GE 6L250 MDC EPA Tier 4 main
engines delivering 5,100 hp. Propulsion will be by Wärtsilä Z-drives.

“The Q-LNG 4000 is dedicated to delivering safe transit to all ships and ports it will serve,” said Shane J Guidry, Chief Executive Officer of Q-LNG Transport. “Q-LNG Transport is committed to being a leader in developing LNG infrastructure in the United States and abroad. We are equally pleased that the ATB unit is Jones Act compliant, meaning she was constructed in America, owned by an American company, crewed by Americans under the American flag.”