Boluda expands offering with FSRU services
The first German Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) to be used at a floating LNG terminal in Lubmin is being served by Boluda Towage with four powerful tugs.
VB Luca, VB Fritzi, VB Ivy and VB Henny), in a range of 60.2 tonnes up to 79 tonnes with bollard pull and firefighting capabilities, will be also be used tow shuttle tankers in and out of the port, which is too small to accommodate big LNG tankers.
A storage tanker will be anchored outside the port and three smaller ones will provide the shuttling operations with Boluda’s tugs to and from the FSRU Neptune inside the port, intensive simulations for which have already been carried out and approved by the port’s authorities.
An existing gas pipeline at the port, which is being developed by Deutsche ReGas, will allow for a quick connection, Boluda says.
”The presence in the port is a further step towards strengthening and expanding the activities of Boluda Towage Division in northwest Europe and the Baltic Sea region,” the company says.
Deutsche ReGas has said it expects the Lubmin facility to deliver about 4.5 billion m3 of LNG a year.
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