Monday, 20 July 2020 05:47
Wisconsin LNG barge
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July 20 (LNGJ) - Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding, based in Wisconsin near the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal and Lake Michigan, has hosted a ceremonial keel-laying for the construction of an LNG bunkering barge for refuelling ships in Florida. The yard is a subsidiary of Italian shipbuilding group Fincantieri.
The 5,400 cubic metres capacity barge is being built for US company Polaris New Energy and will be named the “Clean Canaveral”. LNG will be sourced from a small-scale liquefaction plant in Jacksonville, Florida. “We are pleased to see the completion of this significant construction milestone,” said Polaris New Energy Senior Vice President Thomas Sullivan.
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