Shipyard Kooiman has been contracted to build a second LNG Bunkering Pontoon, named the FlexFueler 002.
Belgium company Fluxys NV ordered the vessel, which will be operated by Titan LNG BV, Amsterdam, who also ordered the first pontoon at Kooiman.
LNG in Antwerp Region
Fluxys and Titan LNG have joined forces to build the FlexFueler 002, a bunkering pontoon to make liquified natural gas (LNG) more widely available as shipping fuel in the Antwerp port and region. The pontoon will be commissioned by mid 2020 and support the shipping industry in its switch to cleaner operations. Titan LNG will be the long term operator of the pontoon.
FlexFueler 002
The FlexFueler 002 (length over all 76,40 m x breadth over all 11,45 m), is equipped with four vacuum insulated type C cargo tanks of 370 m3 each to carry liquid LNG. The pontoon is not self-propelled. For assistance in manoeuvring, a bow thruster will be installed. The back of the pontoon houses the control room as well as simple accommodation.
Its design is identical to that of the FlexFueler 001, will enter into service in Amsterdam in approximately three months.
The FlexFueler 002 LNG bunkering pontoon will have for its home location on Quay 526/528 in the port of Antwerp. Fluxys has a concession to provide LNG bunkering services from this location and currently accommodates truck to ship bunkering on the site.
