Sleipnir records record-breaking LNG bunkering in Rotterdam

Heerema’s Sleipnir, which is the world’s most powerful semi-submersible crane vessel, received the largest LNG bunkering ever completed last week, after it arrived at the Port of Rotterdam on March 22. Titan LNG organised the bunkering using Coral Fraseri, Anthony Veder’s LNG carrier.

Koos-Jan van Brouwershaven, Heerema’s CEO, said: “Heerema is proud to have received the world’s largest LNG bunkering. We are especially pleased that this achievement could take place in our home base of the Port of Rotterdam. The use of LNG on Sleipnir is one of many sustainability measures we have introduced, and we will continue to investigate ways to reduce our impact on the planet.”

Sleipnir has a wide range of sustainability measures – it is fully outfitted with LED-lighting, has a hot/cold energy recovery system and is able to run on LNG. The total quantity of LNG delivered was almost 3,300 metric tons, making this the largest LNG bunkering to have ever taken place. Heerema reported that the delivery took less then twenty-four hours to complete.

Niels den Nijs, CEO of Titan LNG, added that LNG bunkering was becoming a routine operation for the Dutch companies involved because of the excellent cooperation between all parties: “Building on our five previous deliveries around the globe, we formulated and safely executed our plan of operation. As Titan LNG, we are proud of this operation in one of our home ports. It was extra special that we could also supply our bunkerbarge, the FlexFueler 001, with cargo from the LNG carrier.”

Jan Valkier, CEO of Anthony Veder, said that by investing in dedicated LNG vessels since 2009, it has made “an essential contribution” to the availability of LNG for the power generation and LNG as a marine fuel: “We are therefore proud of this Dutch cooperation in our home port Rotterdam, where we carried out the largest LNG bunker operation with Coral Fraseri. An important step for Rotterdam as an LNG bunkering hub.”

Allard Castelein, CEO of the Port of Rotterdam Authority, said it is the port’s ambition to be the greenest port in the world.

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30th March 2020