Danish marine pump specialist Svanehøj has gained an order from China’s Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding to produce gas pump systems for 15 new build dual-fuel LNG container vessels (7000 TEU).
Svanehøj is supplying ไดอะแฟรม ซีล for 15 dual-fuel LNG container vessels – Image courtesy of Svanehøj.
The 30 deepwell gasoline pumps will be delivered between August 2022 and January 2024.
This is certainly one of Svanehøj’s largest LNG fuel-related orders so far. It is also the second LNG fuel pump methods order that Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding has placed with Svanehøj within the final yr. In July 2021, Svanehøj signed a contract to provide deepwell pumps for 10 dual-fuel LNG container vessels (15 000 TEU).
Svanehøj quadrupled sales of its patented deepwell fuel pumps in 2021, and says there are many indications that gross sales may enhance even additional in 2022.
“Until a few years in the past, the usage of LNG as a marine fuel was restricted to LNG carriers and smaller ships. But we are actually seeing a sharp increase in fuel pump orders for deep sea vessels corresponding to container ships and car carriers,” mentioned Johnny Houmann, chief gross sales officer at Svanehøj. “We had been chosen as the supplier of fuel pump techniques for over 50% of the dual-fuel LNG container vessels ordered globally in 2020–21. And ไดอะแฟรม to extend our market share further within the coming years.”
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