Next generation offshore installation vessel `Orion´ fuelled for the first time with LNG
(WorldNews Belgium)

In only the second ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation to take place in Germany, the world`s largest LNG bunker vessel `Kairos`, operated by Nauticor, has supplied DEME`s next generation offshore installation vessel `Orion`. For the Port of Rostock, this ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation is a premiere. `Orion` is currently at the Liebherr construction yard in the Port of Rostock, where it is being outfitted with a 5,000-tonne crane. DEME leads the industry with the adoption of LNG, with the new offshore installation vessel being the fifth dual fuel addition to the fleet, following three trailing suction hopper dredgers (`Minerva`, `Scheldt River` and `Bonny River`) and a cable laying...