TMC Compressors of the Seas has signed a contract to supply a complete marine compressed air system and associated equipment to four of TMS Cardiff Gas Ltd’s LNG carriers.
The four LNG carriers are being built at Hyundai Heavy Industries and Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea.
TMC’s scope of supply is to provide 2 x control air compressors, 1 x service air compressor, and 2 x N2 (nitrogen) feed air compressors for each of the four vessels. For the vessels being built by HHI, TMC will also supply 2 x SCR (selective catalytic reduction) compressors.
“In almost all tenders we participate in, shipowners increasingly emphasise energy and fuel efficiency as well as lifetime cost of the equipment,” Hans Petter Tanum, TMC’s director of sales and business development, said.
“As our compressed air systems are designed to keep operating expenditure to a minimum, and solely for marine and offshore applications, we have become a favoured supplier in the LNG segment.”
Each vessel will have a storage capacity of 174,000 cubic meters and be equipped with efficient XDF propulsion.
The four LNG carriers will enter into long-term time charter contracts with Shell once they are delivered in 2020/2021.
TMS Cardiff Gas, established in 2011, is an operator and manager with a fleet of 16 modern LNG carriers.
