TGE Marine Gas Engineering has been awarded by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) to deliver two complete LNG fuel systems. The systems will be installed on the new generation of cruise ships, which MHI currently builds for Aida Cruises from Rostock, Germany, belonging to the Carnival Group. The 124,[ds_preview]500 dwt ships will be delivered in 2015 and 2016 and will be the first cruise vessels in the world fitted with dual-fuel engines, meaning that they can also run on liquefied gas, depending on its availability at the port.
»The contract with MHI for a world-leading cruise line is a great success in recognition of the company’s efforts in developing environmentally friendly fuel gas systems for the marine industry,« TGE said in a statement. To date, the Bonn-based company has supplied gas handling and storage systems to more than 150 gas carriers. The contracts included the world’s largest purpose-built ethylene carrier and the world’s largest LPG FSO as well as the design and delivery of the cargo system and cargo tanks for the »Coral Methane«, the first combined LNG/ethylene carrier with an electric propulsion system.
