Sakhalin Project LNG Carrier Ice Classed
Hyundai Merchant Marine’s 150,000m3 liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier, Hyundai Ecopia, will be dual classed by ABS and the Korean Registry (KR). The carrier is one of the first to receive ice-class notations as it is slated for Russia’s Sakhalin Island project. The vessel is building at Hyundai Heavy Industries Shipyard (HHI) in Ulsan, Korea.
The vessel's containment system is a membrane type, Technigaz Mark III cargo system. It will be powered by a steam turbine using boil off gas (BOG). have steam propulsion. ABS has extensive experience with the Mark III membrane containment system’s having participated in studies to determine guidance for the strength assessment of this system. Applying advanced dynamic analyses to the system using both dry and wet drop tests, the study offered industry the most advanced analysis of the containment systems insulation strength. Read more. (link to press release at: http://www.eagle.org/NEWS/press/mar14-2005b.html )
The class notation will be: +A1, E, "LIQUEFIED GAS CARRIER", +AMS, +ACCU, SH, SHCM, FL(40), NIBS, ES with additional notations UWILD, TCM, PMS(CM), RS ICE CLASS LU2, SHIP TYPE 2G Membrane Tanks, Max. Vapor Pressure 25 kPaG, Min. Temperature -163 C, Design Specific Gravity 0.5.
According to ABS Senior Surveyor Hasan Turkmen, stationed at Hyundai’s shipyard in Ulsan, the vessel will comply with Russian Maritime Register Ice Class LU2 requirements for operation off Russia's Sakhalin Island. The vessel will be ice strengthened with all exposed equipment to be suitable to operate in air and sea temperatures down to minus 25 degrees C and minus 2 degrees C with wind speed up to 20 m/sec, he added. The hull has been designed with a projected 40 year fatigue life.
So far Turkmen says it is the only vessel secured for the Sakhalin Project from Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. The vessel is slated for completion in November 2008.
