New FSO chooses MAN power
MARITIME INDUSTRY: MAN Diesel & Turbo has won a contract for the provision of 3 × 6L21/31 auxiliary engines in connection with the conversion of a tanker to a floating storage and offloading (FSO) vessel.
Den nye FSO skal erstatte den nuværende, 26 år gamle FSO Alba Marina.
The engines will provide electricity for the converted vessel and are rated individually at 1,254 kW as generators at 900 rpm (60 Hz).
Italian shipowner and player in the refined oil products market, PB Tankers – Rome (Pietro Barbaro Group), has purchased an aframax products tanker for conversion into a FSO under the terms of a contract with Italian energy company, Edison.
The 109,000-dwt Alba Marina (ex-Seapride I) was built in 1999 by Dalian New Shipyard in China and will be converted at Fincantieri Palermo Shipyard in Italy. FSA (Fabryka Silników Agregatowych), the MAN Diesel & Turbo four-stroke licensee, will construct the gensets at its site in Poland. MAN Diesel & Turbo confirms that, besides the engines fulfilling all technical requirements, its licensee’s ability to meet the very short delivery time – the engines are due by the end of 2011 – was also a key factor in clinching the deal.
An FSO vessel is designed to receive hydrocarbons produced from nearby platforms, and to store them until they can be offloaded onto a tanker. The Alba Marina is bound for the Rospo Mare oil field in the Adriatic Sea, operated by Edison, one of the oldest European energy companies.
Source: MAN Diesel & Turbo / maritimedanmark.dk