More than 80 million GT with GL

With the classification of the gas tanker “MT Gaschem Nordsee”, Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has passed the 80 million gross tons threshold. More than 6,870 ships are currently surveyed on a regular basis by GL and, as a result, the fleet in service for GL has grown by 10 million gross tons since September 2007.

The “MT Gaschem Nordsee” was delivered in late March by Meyer shipyard in Papenburg. The LPG/ethylene tanker is the first of four gas tankers of the same hull type to be built in Germany by 2010 by the Meyer shipyard and its sister firm Neptun Shipyard. The 13,878 GT ship can hold up to 17,000 m3 of liquefied gas in its cargo tanks. Besides LPG, the tanker is also designed for the transport of liquefied ethylene gas (LEG), the key chemical for the petrochemical industry.

The tanker measures 154.95m in length and 22.70m in width, with a maximum depth of 10.60m and a speed of 17 knots. The “MT Gaschem Nordsee” will initially be deployed by Japan’s Marubeni Group to transport liquefied gas to Asia.