Orlen adds two LNG dual-fuel carriers to its fleet

Polish energy company Orlen Group has taken delivery of two LNG dual-fuel carriers being built at Hanwha Ocean shipyard in Geoje, South Korea.

IMAGE: Orlen's new LNG dual-fuel carrier. Orlen Group

The new vessels have a capacity of 174,000 cbm and can run on LNG as well as conventional marine fuels.

The vessels, Danuta Siedzikówna-Inka and Rotmistrz Witold Pilecki, join Orlen Group’s existing fleet of six other LNG carriers. “The charter period is ten years, with an option to extend,” the company said.

They will transport about 70,000 mt of LNG in each voyage, “equivalent to around 100 million cbm of natural gas after regasification,” Orlen Group said.

The LNG carriers are incorporated with re-liquefaction systems, which recover LNG that evaporates during transit.

By Aparupa Mazumder

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