GASCHEM BELUGA

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Exhaust sensor defect off Tees

The 'Gaschem Beluga', en route from Tees to Houston with a crew of 20 on board, suffered a defect in its exhaust sensor in position 54 41 58 N, 000 50 03 W, 11 miles east-northeast of Tees, on Oct 27, 2019, at a 7 p.m. No assistance was required. The vessel was anchored, and the crew had rectifoed the defect on Oct 28 at 03.35 a.m. The ship continued its voyage to Houston with an ETA as of Nov 11.

World's first ME-GIE engine onboard Gaschem Beluga runs successfully on ethane

The world's first ME-GIE (-Gas Injection Ethane) two-stroke engine has successfully passed gas trials on board the Gaschem Beluga, an LEG (liquefied ethylene gas) carrier, while sailing between Houston and the Bahamas. The Mitsui-MAN B&W 7G50ME-C9.5-GIE engine is the first in a series of two engines acting as main propulsion for in two 36,000 cu.m LEG carriers ordered from shipbuilder Sinopacific Offshore Engineering (SOE) in China by Hartmann Reederei of Germany and Ocean Yield of Norway. http://www.marinelog.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=26063:worlds-first-me-gie-engine-runs-successfully-on-ethane&Itemid=231

Delivery of gas carrier with long term charter to Hartmann / SABIC

Ocean Yield ASA is pleased to announce the delivery of the 38,000 cbm liquefied ethylene gas carrier “Gaschem Beluga” from Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering, China. The vessel is the first of two sister vessels to be delivered, and the second vessel has scheduled delivery on July 1st 2017. Upon delivery the vessel commenced a 15-year “hell and high water” bareboat charter to the Hartmann Group (“Hartmann”) and the vessel will enter into a 10 year sub-charter to SABIC Petrochemicals B.V (“SABIC”) upon arrival in Houston in December. The vessel will be used for shipments of ethane from Houston to SABIC’s cracker in Teeside,UK. The eco-friendly LEG carrier is of ECO STAR design, developed by Hartmann. The vessel is equipped with MAN B&W dual fuel 2-stroke engine and can operate on different fuels including ethane. A new “Star-Trilobe” tank allows for an increase in capacity by nearly 30% compared to the traditional “bilobe” tanks with the same ship dimensions. Ocean Yield ASA’s Chief Executive Officer Lars Solbakken said in a comment: “We are pleased to take delivery of the Gaschem Beluga which has a very innovative design and will be used to transport ethane for one of the world’s largest petrochemicals manufacturers.” Source: Ocean Yield