Class vessel for BigRoll shipping was First LNG-fueled handed over by Cosco Dalian Shipyard Aframax Tankers OrderedVESSELSCo. Ltd to new owner BigRoll Ship-Hyundai Heavy Industries’ shipbuild-ping in Leiden, the Netherlands. BigRoll ing af? liate Hyundai Samho Heavy In-dustries (HSHI) won a $240m order to Beaufort completes this unique series of build four 114,000 DWT Ice-Class IA four identical deck carriers. The Finn-ish Swedish 1A Ice Class MC-Class aframax tankers from Russia’s Sovcom-vessels are explicitly designed for the ? ot. This is reportedly the world’s ? rst marine transportation of major modules LNG fueled Aframax tanker. The vessels and equipment for large energy projects will measure 250 x 44 m, and are sched-both on and offshore and can deliver in uled to be delivered from the third quar-the most remote and inaccessible areas ter of 2018 and to be chartered to Shell. By running on LNG, the Ice-Class IA on the planet. tankers can emit 90%less SOx, 80%less Jones Act LNG-powered nitrogen oxides NOx, 15% less (CO2) LNG-fueled AframaxConRo Ship Launchedalong with 50% reduced engine noise, according to HSHI. Crowley Maritime continues to order and incorporate into its ? eet news ships with the latest environmentally friendly SunStone Orders Four technologoeis, recently announced that SunStone Ships, Inc. and China Mer-chants Industry Holdings Co., Ltd. the El Coquí, an LNG-powered ConRo, (CMIH) signed a framework agreement was recently launched at VT Halter Ma-for the construction of four expedition rine in Pascagoula, Miss. El Coquí is being built for the Crowley’s service be-vessels with options for an additional six vessels. The new vessels will be part of tween Jacksonville, Fla., and San Juan, the SunStone Fleet and chartered to new Puerto Rico. Named El Coquí after a and existing clients. CMIH has entered frog native to Puerto Rico, the ConRo is one of the world’s ? rst to be powered into an agreement with Ulstein Design & Solutions, who will supply the vessel’s by LNG. El Coquí, like her sister ship design and equipment package, as well Taíno, will be able to transport up to as the supervision for the building of the 2,400 TEU and a mix of nearly 400 cars SunStonevessels. CMIH has also entered into an and larger vehicles in the enclosed, ven-agreement with Finland’s Mäkinen, who tilated and weather-tight Ro/Ro decks. A wide range of container sizes and types will establish a cabin assembly plant and can be accommodated, ranging from 20-interior workshop at the shipyard’s fa-cilities in China and will be responsible ft. standard, to 53-ft. by 102-in.-wide, for all interior spaces on the new builds. high-capacity units, as well as up to 300 The hotel design of our new ? eet will be refrigerated containers. Construction is being managed in the shipyard by Crow-done by Tomas Tillberg Design Interna-tional. The project was brought together ley Marine Solutions, which includes na-by Tillberg & Reyes Group Co. Ltd., val architecture and marine engineering who acted as broker. Carlos Reyes and subsidiary Jensen Maritime.Andrew Zhang developed the commer-First Citywide Ferry cial and ? nancial models.Departs for NYThe ? rst of 13 new passenger ferries BigRoll Beaufort DeliveredThe heavy marine transportation pro- being built by Horizon Shipbuilding, vider BigRoll Shipping has reached Inc. for operator Citywide Ferry by BigRoll Beauforta milestone. The fourth and ? nal MC Hornblower has departed the Alabama El Coqui NYC FerryCrowley BigRoll Shipping SunStone Ships Hyundai Heavy Industies GroupHorizon Shipbuilding56 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • APRIL 2017MR #4 (50-57).indd 56 MR #4 (50-57).indd 56 4/5/2017 9:46:45 AM4/5/2017 9:46:45 AM