The Danish marine pump specialist Svanehøj has been awarded a contract to supply pump systems for two LNG fuelled carriers that will transport liquid CO2 to the Northern Lights project’s storage facilities in Norway.
2021 has been a report 12 months for Svanehøj.
Northern Lights is creating infrastructure to transport CO2 from industrial emitters in Norway and different European nations by ship to a receiving terminal in western Norway for intermediate storage, before being transported by pipeline for permanent storage in a geological reservoir 2,600 m under the seabed.
The two CO2 carriers are being built at Dalian Shipbuilding (DSIC) in China and are expected to be operational in 2024. Both vessels will have a capacity of seven,500 m3 of liquid CO2. Svanehøj will ship pressure gauge of for each ship. In this challenge, Svanehøj’s multigas expertise might be shown to its full potential, as the customer wants the pumps to even be used to handling LPG natural gas. Over the years, Svanehøj has supplied cargo pump systems to greater than 1,a hundred LPG tankers all over the world.
“We have won the order through our long-standing companion, TGE Marine, which designs and delivers complete cargo handling methods for the CO2 carriers,” stated Thomas Uhrenholt Nielsen, sales director, Cargo Gas at Svanehøj. “TGE has chosen our deepwell cargo fuel pumps, which they’re very acquainted with from quite a few LPG tankers.”
Svanehøj has been supplying cargo pump techniques for CO2 carriers because the late Nineties.
“Thanks to our experience from the comparatively few CO2 ships built so far, we are a half of the dialogue on a number of of the upcoming CCS (carbon seize & Storage) tasks. CCS is a spotlight area in our enterprise strategy, and the order from TGE for Northern Lights is therefore of nice strategic significance. This could possibly be a big marketplace for us throughout the next few years,” addedsaid Uhrenholt Nielsen.
Svanehøj began 2022 with a model new “Powering a better future” strategy and a target of doubling its turnover to DKK1 billion (approximately US$143 million) by the tip of 2026. The strategy is primarily targeted on supporting the transition to climate-neutral shipping, but additionally on investing in new business areas, including CCS.
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