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Conversion Gas conversion
deal signed Finland’s Wärtsilä has signed a turnkey contract with Tarbit Shipping of Sweden to convert a product tanker to LNG propulsion. Te company will also supply the ship with a Wärtsilä LNGPac system for the storage of LNG onboard and this is the first order that has been received for this new technology. The 25,000dwt product tanker Bit Viking is
operated by Statoil along the Norwegian coastline. Te conversion will enable the vessel to qualify for lower NOX
government’s NOX
emission taxes under the Norwegian fund scheme.
Te contract covers the conversion of the ship’s two main engines to gas-fuelled propulsion, all
adjustments to the ship’s systems necessitated by the conversion, the updating of the vessel’s classification certificate and the supply and installation of the Wärtsilä LNGPac system, including two 500m3
LNG
storage tanks. Wärtsilä is responsible for carrying out all works involved in the contract and the schedule calls for completion by June 2011. Bit Viking has twin screw propulsion, with each
screw currently powered by a 6-cylinder in-line Wärtsilä 46 engine running on heavy fuel oil (HFO). Te conversion involves changing these to 6-cylinder in-line Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel engines that will operate on LNG. “Tis conversion contract represents a big step
for Wärtsilä,” says Björn Ullbro, managing director at Wärtsilä Sweden in Gothenburg, where the conversion work will be performed. “Bit Viking will be fitted with the first ever Wärtsilä 50DF engine with
The 25,000dwt product tanker Bit Viking will be converted to run on gas.
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