Nauticor’s LNG bunker vessel Kairos, the biggest in the world, has supplied LNG to DEME’s next generation offshore installation vessel Orion. Taking place at Germany’s Port of Rostock, this was the port’s first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation and the second in Germany.
Orion is currently being outfitted with a 5,000-ton crane at Rostock’s Liebherr construction yard. The vessel combines high transport and load capacity, impressive lifting heights and green technology. Orion is the fifth dual-fuel addition to DEME’s fleet – three trailing suction hopper dredgers (Minerva, Scheldt River and Bonny River) and a cable-laying vessel (Living Stone) have already been added.
Nauticor was responsible for performing Germany’s first ship-to-ship LNG transfer in Brunsbüttel for DEME’s Scheldt River in recent weeks.
“We want to make sure our fleet is future-proof and exceeds the current environmental regulations. Therefore, most of our new vessels are equipped with dual fuel engines, which are capable of running on LNG. Many of them are also already prepared for the new, carbon neutral fuels of the future and we will continue to scale up our actions to have the most energy efficient fleet in the industry,” said Bart Verboomen, head of DEME’s Technical Department.
