Bureau Veritas approves LNG-powered ultra-large containership
Midship section of the ultra-large container ship
The design was developed in a joint industry project between South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, liner major CMA-CGM and Bureau Veritas.
The basic design is for a 365.5m-long vessel with a design draught of 14m and a design speed of 24 knots. In the dual-fuel configuration, a 22,490m3-LNG prismatic tank will be installed under the forward accommodation, and there will be a bunker tank for heavy fuel oil aft of 4,430m3 capacity.
The 14,000 TEU vessel will be powered by an ME-GI two-stroke dual fuel engine from MAN Diesel & Turbo, which is said to deliver the highest efficiency among existing propulsion systems and works by simultaneous dual burning of HFO and LNG. In minimum fuel and maximum gas mode, around 10% of the fuel is oil, providing overall CO2 emission reductions of 23% and SOx reductions of 92%.
The vessel will have a range of 25,000 miles if fully bunkered, according to the classification society.
