4 July to the terminal LNG in Świnoujście wrapped another gas tanker Al Huwaila

Al Huwaila's metanist arrived to the terminal LNG named President Lech Kaczyński in Świnoujście, 175th LNG delivery. The Qatar unit delivered a cargo volume of approximately 120 million m³ natural gas after regasification. President Lech Kaczyński's LNG terminal, commonly referred to as "gasoport" is a strategic infrastructure that has a significant impact on the implementation of the policy of diversification of energy supplies for our country.

The currently delivered cargo was small, compared to earlier loads which were the 3rd cargo in terms of size 1083 and as much as 1118 GWh of Bonny. GasLog Gladstone sailed 30.06. at 10.40 p.m. The current 175th delivery is the 56th delivery from the U.S. and 26th from Sabine Pass which ends with abundant June in delivery. 6th LNG cargo was delivered in June. In the first half of 2022 to the terminal There were 26 loads in the Świnoujście.

Gasoline Al Huwaila which entered the port on 4 July is a relatively new unit built in 2007 by Samsung shipyard, flying the Bahama flag with its home port in Nassau. This modern gas tank is 315 m long, 50 m wide, dive 12.2 m. Its maximum capacity is 214176 m.³ LNG. The vessel's registered capacity is 135 848 units and its capacity is 102779 DWT. Al Huwaila develops a maximum speed of 19 knots and a march of 15 knots, allowing him to cross the route from the Qatari port of Ras Laffan to Świnoujście in 22-23 days. The ship's crew is only 28.

This unit belongs to a type Q-flex produced by the South Korean shipyards Hyundai, Samsung and Daewoo since 2007. A total of 31 vessels were contracted for a buyer from Qatar. The distinguishing feature is the use of two MAN-B&W diesel engines with a power capacity of 25320 hp as a main drive and the use of a gas liquefaction system to reduce losses during transport.

Traditional LNG tankers are powered by a steam turbine which consumes a self-rezzing charge. However, this method of power supply was considered to be non-economic and replaced by the diesel system and regazifying system described above, which would allow for the non-use of valuable cargo. These units are estimated to consume 40% less energy than other types of LNG. Their size allows to carry cargo 1.5 times larger than standard units of this class. Until the introduction of larger ships of type Q-Max with a capacity of 266,000 m³ They were the largest units in this class in the world. All ships of this type belong to the Qatari Nakilat, forming together with 15 Q-Max Most of its fleet of 64 LNG and 4 LPG.

Source: PGNiG