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Leading Classification Society ClassNK has certified ‘SOPass’, developed by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd (KHI), as Innovation Endorsement for Product & Solutions, under the Society’s certification service for innovative technologies.
In July 2020, to promote the spread and development of innovative technologies, the Society launched Innovation Endorsement as a swift certification service in co-operation with technological front runners to establish appropriate evaluation criteria. Among the certification categories, ‘Product & Solutions’ covers digital equipment and software technology installed for use on vessels.
SOPass is a solution service that realises improved fuel and transport efficiency through an optimised routing feature and boil-off gas (BOG) management system for LNG carriers.
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OLT Offshore LNG Toscana S.p.A (OLT) is an international company operating in the energy sector; specifically, it offers LNG regasification services from its floating terminal
FSRU Toscana. The terminal, anchored permanently 22 km off the Tuscany coast between Livorno and Pisa, contributes significantly to the Italian Gas System. With a maximum authorised regasification capacity of 3.75 billion m
3/y, it covers approximately 5% of the domestic requirement, guaranteeing the security and diversification of the country’s energy supply.
Thanks to its innovative characteristics and extreme flexibility, the Ministry of Economic Development (MiSE) has awarded the terminal strategic infrastructure status.
The partners that hold shareholdings in OLT include: Snam – one of the world’s leading energy infrastructure operators and one of the largest Italian listed companies in terms of market capitalisation – holding 49.07%; First Sentier Investors – a global asset
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Saga Dawn successfully completed her tenth voyage this past Monday 4 January, delivering a cargo at JOVO’s Dongguan Terminal. Since her maiden voyage in April 2020, the vessel has loaded cargoes in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and China.
In the past year’s operation, the company has witnessed excellent performance from the vessel’s LNT A BOX cargo containment system during cooling down, loading and unloading operations, and while sailing.
Saga Dawn has also operated at varying loading levels and can load any level of cargo without limitation, which offers full flexibility to Saga’s clients.
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