Hoegh LNG selects Wärtsilä systems and maintenance

The 170,000m3 purpose-built FSRUs, which can also operate as gas carriers, are under construction at Samsung Heavy Industries and Hyundai Heavy Industries. Each will be powered by four Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel engines.

Wärtsilä will also supply regasification systems, using seawater and glycol as the intermediate heating medium – saving space and reducing CO2 emissions compared to propane-based technologies.

Meanwhile Wärtsilä has signed a five-year technical management agreement with Hoegh, covering the new vessels and eight existing ships. The agreement includes condition-based monitoring (CBM), maintenance planning and advisory services.

Gorm Hillgaar, senior vice president fleet management, Höegh LNG, said; “Wärtsilä’s CBM service enables excellent predictability of the engines’ condition and maintenance requirements, which is of great value to our operations.”

Hoegh LNG has an option for a further three FSRUs with Samsung Heavy Industries.