LNG

Oct 11 (LNGJ) - AET, one of the leading petroleum and chemical tanker owners and operators, has named its first LNG dual-fuelled Aframax vessels “Eagle Brasilia” and “Eagle Bintulu” in a ceremony at Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Geoje, South Korea. “Both vessels have been taken on long-term charter by Shell International Trading and Shipping Co, primarily for operations in the Atlantic Basin,” said AET, a subsidiary of the Malaysian shipping line MISC Berhad. “The vessels are equipped with conventional single-screw propulsion with a two-stroke main engine, three auxiliary engines and two auxiliary boilers, all equipped for LNG dual-fuel capability,” added AET. The LNG fuel is supplied through two type-C tanks of 850 cubic metres each arranged on the main deck aft port and starboard. The vessels are designed to receive fuel from LNG bunkering vessels via ship-to-ship transfer.