A dual-fuel LNG shuttle tanker ordered by Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers was delivered on 2 August at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. The vessel has been named Frida Knutsen. The shuttle tanker will be chartered to ENI Trade & Biofuels, a subsidiary of Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi, and will be engaged in oil transportation in the North Sea and Barents Sea.The vessel will be KNOT's first dual-fuel shuttle tanker that can use not only heavy fuel oil but also LNG. It will use LNG fuel, which is more environmentally friendly than conventional oil-fuel, and will be equipped with a VOC recovery system4 and an energy storage system, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions.Length overall: 277.54 metersBreadth: 46 metersGross tonnage: 85504 tonnesShipbuilder: Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine EngineeringFlag: Norwegian International Ship Register
A dual-fuel LNG shuttle tanker ordered by Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers was delivered on 2 August at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. The vessel has been named Frida Knutsen. The shuttle tanker will be chartered to ENI Trade & Biofuels, a subsidiary of Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi, and will be engaged in oil transportation in the North Sea and Barents Sea.The vessel will be KNOT's first dual-fuel shuttle tanker that can use not only heavy fuel oil but also LNG. It will use LNG fuel, which is more environmentally friendly than conventional oil-fuel, and will be equipped with a VOC recovery system4 and an energy storage system, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions.Length overall: 277.54 metersBreadth: 46 metersGross tonnage: 85504 tonnesShipbuilder: Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine EngineeringFlag: Norwegian International Ship Register
