The Dutch shipping company ANTHONY VEDER (Rotterdam) has ordered a new LNG carrier from MEYER WERFT. The new tanker for the transport of liquefied natural gas will have a length overall of abt. 156 m, a breadth of 22.70 m, and a cargo capacity of 15,600 cbm. This modern vessel which will be able to run on the low emission LNG fuel will be classed within the highest environmental norms.
The delivery of this new vessel having is scheduled for end 2012. MEYER WERFT’s sister company, NEPTUN WERFT in Rostock-Warnemünde, will be highly involved in the construction and outfitting of this new LNG carrier. For the shipyard in the Baltic this order is very important to safeguard the workload for their staff up to 2012.
For ANTHONY VEDER this is the second small scale LNG carrier. This new vessel has double the capacity than the Coral Methane. MEYER WERFT and ANTHONY VEDER have already worked together since the mid of the 1970s. “We are excited about our next step in LNG with this innovative ship, the first of this type. It fits our goal to further develop this market of distributing environmental friendly energy.” says Jan Valkier, Managing Director of ANTHONY VEDER.
Thanks to this new order MEYER WERFT, which has already built 55 LPG- and LEG carriers, is now entering the market of building LNG carriers. The Papenburg-based shipyard’s focus is on mid-scale ships of this type. “We see that the smaller-scale LNG market has a great future,” says Bernard Meyer, Managing Partner of MEYER WERFT.