VESSEL REVIEW | Seaboard Verde – LNG-fuelled containership trio to serve Central America routes

Each ULCS has a steel hull, an LOA of 249.7 metres (819.2 feet), a beam of 36 metres (120 feet), a draught of 7.5 metres (25 feet), a crew complement of 21, a deadweight of 52,520, a gross tonnage of 45,976, and a capacity of 3,500 TEUs including over 1,000 reefer containers.

Each vessel's propulsion arrangement includes one MAN 7S70ME-C10 dual-fuel main engine that can run either LNG or MGO, MAN 6L32 and 8L23 generators, and a Cummins NT855-M emergency LNG generator. The controllable-pitch propeller was also supplied by MAN while Alfa Laval Aalborg provided the auxiliary boiler.

Seaboard Marine said that the dual-fuel vessels prioritise the transportation of perishable cargo with efficiency and reliability, and that LNG is used as the ships’ primary fuel in line with the company’s aims of reducing emissions and minimising environmental impact.