Avenir takes delivery of second 7,500-cbm LNG bunkering vessel March 10, 2021, by Adnan Bajic
Avenir LNG, a joint venture consisting of Stolt-Nielsen, Hoegh LNG and Golar LNG, has taken delivery of its second 7,500-cbm LNG bunkering vessel Avenir Accolade.
Courtesy of Avenir LNG
Following delivery from Keppel Offshore and Marine, Nantong, the Avenir Accolade will enter a 3-year bareboat charter to LNG Power
Limited, a unit of Hygo Energy Transition to support Hygo’s developments in Brazil.
Accolade’s positioning marks Avenir’s first entry into the Latin American LNG market, the company said in its statement.
In its statement, Keppel Offshore & Marine noted that, similar to the first vessel delivered to Avenir LNG, the 7,500-cbm Avenir Accolade was built at Keppel Nantong Shipyard in China. It is equipped with engines that can run on both diesel and LNG.
Keppel O&M delivers LNG carrier to the subsidiary of Avenir LNG
Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) has successfully delivered its second newbuild Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) carrier, the Avenir Accolade to its owner, a subsidiary of Avenir LNG Limited (Avenir LNG). The LNG carrier can also function as an LNG bunkering vessel (LBV), making it the third LBV that Keppel has delivered, according to the company s release.
The dual-fuel Avenir Accolade attests to Keppel’s growing track record in solutions for the gas value chain and reinforces Keppel’s Vision 2030 to seize opportunities in LNG solutions.
Similar to the first vessel delivered to Avenir LNG, the 7,500m3 Avenir Accolade was built at Keppel Nantong Shipyard in China, and is equipped with engines that can run on both diesel and LNG. Keppel O&M’s technology arm, Offshore Technology Development (OTD), also installed and commissioned the vessel’s Ballast Water Treatment System.
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Avenir Receives New LNG Tanker
Mar 10, 2021 9:45:am
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by: William Powell
UK-based vessel operator Avenir has taken delivery of
Avenir Accolade, the second 7,500 m³ LNG bunkering and supply vessel from Keppel Offshore and Marine s shipyard in Nantong, China, it said March 10.
It will enter a three-year bareboat (uncrewed, unprovisioned) charter to LNG Power, a subsidiary of Hygo Energy Transition to support Hygo’s developments in Brazil, the first South American positioning for an Avenir vessel. The
Accolade will be capable of unloading LNG directly into trucks for onward distribution across Brazil.
Avenir LNG will commission its on-shore LNG terminal in Sardinia in the coming weeks and continue to expand its fleet with the addition of four more newbuild vessels by year end.