Furetank orders a further low-emission tanker

The 17,999dwt vessel will be built by China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in Yangzhou (formerly AVIC). The vessel is scheduled to be delivered from the shipyard in January 2024, and the agreement with the yard also includes an option for further vessels.

Furetank owns four of the existing vessels in the Vinga series and commercially operates all of them.

The vessels all have dual-fuel capability and run on LNG/LBG. They are designed with a battery hybrid solution and several other features that reduce fuel and energy consumption resulting in extensively lower emissions of CO2, SOx, NOx and hazardous particulates.

The new ship will also be fully equipped to operate its cargo pumps with 6.6 kV high voltage shore power to reduce emissions even further as soon as ports offer the opportunity. It has a cargo capacity of 20,306 cubic meters in 12 epoxy coated cargo tanks, ice class 1A and an efficient cargo handling system. A flexible cargo pump and line arrangement ensuring safe and efficient cargo operations with reduced port-turnaround time.

With the new Vinga vessel series, Furetank has more than halved CO2 emissions, and the company offset the rest of their impact for 2021 through certified carbon credits.

Through an optimised ship design and LBG/LNG propulsion, Furetank’s new Vinga series has reached a 55% reduction of CO2 emissions compared to the previous generation of vessels. The goal is to reach zero by running the vessels entirely on renewable, liquid biogas when the fuel is available.

“This is yet another step forward on our journey towards a fleet consisting entirely of climate friendly vessels,” says Lars Höglund, CEO of Furetank. “Furetank want to be an environmentally friendly and leading actor within the segment. With this newbuilding we will continue to implement all available technologies to do the best we can – now. It feels especially good to place the order in these unstable pandemic times; we have a strong belief in the future.”

Furetank, based on Donsö in the Gothenburg archipelago, is a Swedish, family-owned shipping company active in tanker shipping since the early 1950’s. Furetank operates nine owned vessels and is a founding member of the Gothia Tanker Alliance: a market platform for small and intermediate product tankers, operating 40 vessels in European waters.