Singapore-based shipowner Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has taken delivery of an environmentally friendly very large gas carrier (VLGC) from South Korea’s shipbuilding heavyweight Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI).
As disclosed in a social media post, the vessel—christened Rosablanche—was handed over fitted with Babcock International Group’s LGE business’s cargo handling system (CHS), as well as the company’s fuel gas supply system (FGSS) that was engineered to deliver liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as a fuel to the engines.
The CHS handles the transfer and storage of various liquefied gases, officials from Babcock elaborated, with the systems having been integrated to ‘enhance’ the newbuilding’s efficiency and lower the environmental footprint.
As informed, the completion of the gas carrier also marks the first instance of collaboration between Babcock and Samsung Heavy Industries.
To remind, Eastern Pacific Shipping marked the naming ceremony of its first dual-fuel LPG very large gas
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Eastern Pacific Shipping receives eco-friendly VLGC from Samsung Heavy Industries
Eastern Pacific Shipping receives eco-friendly VLGC from Samsung Heavy Industries
