Northern Lights CO2 carriers to have TGE Marine gas handing systems

Under its EPCS contract, TGE Marine will supply the complete CO2 gas handling system for the two 7,500-m³ liquid CO2 carriers, which are under construction at China’s Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co. The vessels will be delivered in 2024.

The Northern Lights project is the transport and storage component of Norway’s Longship Project, which will use carbon capture and storage to collect CO2 emissions from industrial emitters in the Oslo region and Europe. Northern Lights will ship CO2 to an onshore receiving terminal on the west coast of Norway, where it will be transported by pipeline to a subsea reservoir 2,600 m under the seabed in the North Sea.

Since its founding in 1980, TGE Marine has been in the forefront of the design, engineering and fabrication of liquefied gas handling technology and equipment. Among its credits are the first company to be contracted for the design, construction and commissioning of the largest ethylene/ethane carrier, to delivering the world’s biggest LNG fuel gas system for a gas-powered crane vessel.

In June, TGE Marine reported securing the contract to design and supply the cargo handling system including two 6,000 m³ bilobe Type C tanks for Crowley Marine’s 12,000-m³ LNG bunker barge. The barge is being built by Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding and will operate under a long-term charter with Shell NA LNG, LLC. The barge will be the largest of its kind built in the US, with operations set start on the US east coast in 2024.