HGK Shipping has officially named its new diesel-electric gas tanker Gas 96 at a ceremony in Rotterdam.
The 110 m vessel is HGK’s third gas tanker for inland waterway transportation and is alternative-fuel ready. It will operate on Rhine routes between Rotterdam, Antwerp and Cologne under a long-term charter with chemical firm LyondellBasell.
The Gas 96 has four tanks with a total cargo capacity of 3,256 m3 and is designed with provisions to allow future retrofitting to run on alternative fuels such as methanol.
“The ‘GAS 96’ is not just a tanker for the present time, but also one for the future,"
said Anke Bestmann, managing director of HGK Gas Shipping.
Author's summary: HGK Shipping names new diesel-electric ship.