Chinese Yard Launched World’s First LNG Multipurpose General Cargo Vessel

On 14 March 2014, China Water Transport Net reported that Tsuji Heavy Industries had recently launched the world first LNG fueled multipurpose general cargo vessel. Norlines and Rolls-royce co-designed the vessel and the design was the winner of the "Next Generation Ship Award" at Nor-shipping 2011.

The brand new launched vessel was an absolute green design as she relies purely on liquidated natural gas for propulsion. In contrast with the traditional diesel engine which burns heavy diesel, the fresh design can reduce CO2 emission by 35 percent; NOx emission by 95 percent while SOx emission and particles (soot) from the fuel will be completely eliminated. Furthermore, the vessel was sophisticated in structure. To satisfy the multipurpose design, the yard has to build five refrigerated cargo holds on the second deck and bottom deck while other equipment was required to be installed on the first deck to facilitate container, bulk chemical and Ro-Ro carriage. Due to this