Wartsila Hamworthy has won a contract with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard to supply cargo handling equipment and engineering to four medium size carriers for Antwerp–headquartered Exmar Shipping SA.
Each of the 38,000-m³ capacity vessels will be delivered from the first quarter of 2014 onwards. All will feature Hyundai Mipo’s newly developed design, which has seen capacity increased by 3,000 m³ to strengthen competitiveness in the international marketplace.
The new design includes an improved hull shape to minimize resistance in water and optimize fuel consumption. The engine room and deck will be designed so that it can use LNG or LPG as fuel to reduce CO2, SOx and NOx air emissions.
Wartsila Hamworthy’s scope of supply will include cargo related engineering including deck tank engineering, reliquefaction plant, Wartsila Moss inert gas generator, Wartsila Svanehoj cargo pumps, cargo heater and vaporizer, cargo control system, supervision and commissioning. All equipment and engineering services will be delivered in 2013.
Exmar said the addition of the vessels into its fleet would strengthen the company's existing midsize LPG sector as these vessels can transport both ammonia and LPG. The contract will bring to 13 the number of gas carriers in the Exmar LPG fleet to feature Wartsila Hamworthy cargo handling engineering and equipment.
