natural gas fuelled shallow draft pushboat
Maritime transport
This challenging project is a preliminary design which utilized the proven shallow draft RApide 2800-Z2 pushboat that currently operates on the Amazon River system. The vessel design was modified to suit a complete LNG (liquified natural gas) propulsion system with two 746 kW MTU 8V4000M55R-N Tier III gas safe main engines. Additional to the engines, MTU also acts as the system integrator, which means that MTU will also provide the complete LNG package – LNG tank system and an integrated ship monitoring, LNG control and safety systems.
Robert Allan Ltd. and MTU
Particulars are as follows:
Length overall: 28.0 m
Beam, moulded: 10.5 m
Depth, moulded: 3.2 m
Draft, maximum: 2.5 m
Approximate tank capacities:
LNG (gross): 70.0 m3
Fuel oil: 19.2 m3
Potable water: 26.6 m3
Water ballast: 47.9 m3
Sewage: 5.6 m3
