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Keppel awarded LNG bunker vessel contract

Baird Maritime
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Keppel Singmarine and Shturman Koshelev have signed a contract for the design and construction of an ice-class LNG bunker vessel.

The vessel will be chartered to Gazpromneft Marine Bunker for operations in the Baltic Sea upon delivery sometime in the fourth quarter of 2020.

The vessel will utilise a proprietary design of Keppel Offshore and Marine's ship design and development arm Marine Technology Department. It will have an Ice Class Arc 4 notation and a cargo capacity of 5,800 cubic metres.