THE dual-fuel 23,600-TEU Berlin Express took 20 hours to gas up with 6,000 cubic metres of LNG fuel, reported Rotterdam’s Offshore Energy.
The LNG-powered boxship has recently received LNG from energy company World Fuel Services Corporation in China.
In late 2020 and mid-2021, the European ocean carrier ordered a dozen of new ultra large container vessels (ULCVs) from Hanwha Ocean, formerly Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME).
The vessels will be fitted with fuel-efficient high-pressure dual-fuel engines, that will operate on LNG, but they will have alternatively sufficient tank capacity to operate on conventional fuel.
