India: 20 years without docking
India’s first LNG-FSRU (Floating Storage Regasification Unit) has been classified by the Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass), an international ship classification society, which is a milestone in India’s energy shift towards natural gas.
The unit is owned by Triumph Offshore, a subsidiary of Swan Energy, an India-based listed company. Constructed at Hyundai Shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea, the 180,000 cbm FSRU which is flagged in India, is designed for continuous operations without the need for drydocking over a period of 20 years.
The vessel can operate in two distinct modes – LNG carrier mode and floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) mode. This allows the utilisation of a FSRU for receiving LNG from LNG carriers, regasification of the LNG and sending it out. (cd)