HMD LNG Carrier Gets AIP From the Korean Register
Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. January 8, 2021
Kim Yeon-tae, executive vice president of KR Technical Division (right) and Nam Young-joon, executive vice president of HMD, are taking commemorative photos at the certificate award ceremony. (Photo: KR)
The Korean Register (KR) has awarded Approval In Principle (AIP) for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier with a prismatic IMO type-B tank built by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD). The ship is a small to medium-sized LNG carrier with a B-type cargo tank developed as a result of a technical collaboration project between KR and HMD, which began in February 2020.
KR grants AIP to HMD for 30,000m3 LNG carrier with prismatic IMO type-B tank
The Korean Register (KR) has awarded Approval In Principle (AIP) for an LNG carrier with a prismatic IMO type-B tank built by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD). The ship is a small to medium-sized LNG carrier with a B-type cargo tank developed as a result of a technical collaboration project between KR and HMD, which began in February 2020.
The type-B tank is usually applied to the fuel tanks of large sized container ships or bulk carriers but HMD has developed the technology to apply it to small and medium-sized LNG carriers of 30,000 m³ capacity. KR has carried out the cargo hold fatigue analysis, the crack propagation analysis and gas leakage rate calculation and has verified the new LNG carrier’s compliance with the IGC Code (the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk).