VEKA and DEEN Shipping LNG venture

The collaboration agreement was signed at the Construction and Shipping Industry Trade Fair in Gorinchem, The Netherlands. This new partnership is the first step to facilitating the transport and bunkering of LNG via the major European inland waterways.

At the show, the companies also revealed their first product – an innovative ship design for the first inland LNG carrier.

The new tanker, which will have a length of 90m, will be capable of transporting 2.250m³ of LNG.

VEKA was the first Holland based shipyard to deliver a seagoing LNG carrier with LNG propulsion, the Pioneer Knutsen, while DEEN Shipping has developed and operates the world’s first LNG propelled inland tanker, the Argonon.