Gasum, Anthony Veder Pact for a New LNG Carrier

The companies have agreed on a long term timecharter for a state of the art 18,000 cbm LNG carrier. The vessel will be built at German shipyard Neptun Werft and delivered at the last quarter of 2017.

The new ICE Class 1A Super LNG carrier will be built at German shipyard Neptun Werft, which is a subsidiary of the Meyer Neptun Group and delivered in the last quarter of 2017.

The vessel's specific purpose is to bring LNG to two LNG terminals which are currently being constructed, at Tahkoluoto in Pori (completed in 2016) and Röyttä in Tornio, Finland (completed in 2018).

Since the Röyttä terminal in Tornio is located in the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea, the vessel will have the highest ice class notation (1A SUPER) and COLD notation to allow the vessel to safely and reliably trade in the extreme winter weather conditions that occur in that region regularly.

”For Anthony Veder this will be the fifth small-scale LNG carrier operating in the Northern European area. Furthermore this brings the total of LNG fueled vessels in our fleet to seven. But this agreement primarily and most importantly allows us to enter into cooperation with Gasum and further expand our existing strong relationship with our well respected customer Skangas,” said Jan Valkier, CEO of Anthony Veder.

The design of the vessel is based on proven technology already successfully applied by Anthony Veder for its LNG carriers. Furthermore this vessel will also use the LNG boil-off gas as a fuel for its main and auxiliary engines, which makes the vessel fully compliant with the most stringent emission regulations and environmentally friendly in operation.