Keppel hands over Russia’s first LNG bunkering vessel

Offshore staff

SINGAPORE – Keppel Offshore & Marine has delivered the 5,800-cu m (204,825-cu ft) ice-class LNG bunkering vessel (LBV) Dmitry Mendeleev to Shturman Koshelev LLC.

This is said to be Russia’s first LNG bunkering vessel.

The Dmitry Mendeleev is the fourth newbuild LBV by Keppel O&M. The vessel was built at the Keppel Nantong Shipyard in China to the company’s proprietary MTD 5800V LNG design.

The dual class LBV, the 12th ice-class vessel delivered by the company, was developed by its ship design and development arm, Keppel Marine & Deepwater Technology. The vessel is compliant to the Arc 4 and Ice Class 1A notations from the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping and Bureau Veritas, respectively. Its hull is said to be optimized for independent ice navigation in medium first year summer ice of up to 90 cm (35 in.) thickness.

Measuring 100 m (328 ft) in length and 19 m (62 ft) in width, the vessel is also equipped with an integrated digital system which allows it to be managed by just one person from the navigation bridge.

Keppel O&M has delivered Southeast Asia’s first LBV, Singapore’s first LBV, and is currently building dual-fuel vessels such as containerships and dredgers. It is also promoting LNG as a marine fuel through FueLNG, its joint venture with Shell Eastern Petroleum (Pte) Ltd., which provides safe truck and vessel LNG bunkering solutions in Singapore.

08/12/2021