LNG-powered containership launched
Published by Callum O'Reilly,
Senior Editor
LNG Industry,
General Dynamics NASSCO has launched the world's first LNG-powered containership, Isla Bella.
The ship ceremony was attended by more than 3400 shipbuilders, their families, and others.
The LNG-powerd containership is part of a two-ship contract signed in 2012 with TOTE.
The LNG-powered ships will also include a ballast water treatment system, making them the greenest ships of their size anywhere in the world.
The Jones Act-qualified ships will operate between Jacksonville, Florida and San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Isla Bella also marked NASSCO's 100th launch.
Edited from press release by Callum O'Reilly
Read the article online at: https://www.lngindustry.com/lng-shipping/20042015/lng-powered-containership-launched-614/
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