“I would say that the Hoegh LNG Klaipėda". Business”>Klaipėda LNG terminal is the busiest compared to the others. We have had more than 450 STS (Ship-to-Ship) operations since the ship began operation, which is more than any other LNG terminal I have worked at before. In addition, there is also an active small-scale LNG export business here, which is not available in some other LNG terminals,” said Mr. Gately, who is also a lieutenant captain in the US Navy, in an interview with BNS.
Starting in 2021 on the Independence in about eight weeks, the captain says working on the ship is a full-time operation.
“Here on the Independence, it’s a 24/7 operation. So, there is always a high tempo here and that is the main difference. On this ship, the compressors are constantly rotating, and the cargo pumps are constantly pumping liquefied gas,” said the ship’s captain.
Since 2020, the captain leading the crews of LNG storage vessels belonging to the current owner of Independence, the Norwegian company Hoegh LNG, has also worked on such vessels in Colombia, Indonesia and Turkey.
– The LNG storage vessel “Independence”, like other vessels of this type, is usually moored in one place and moves somewhere only during inspections or repairs. In the case of Independence, it happened once in a decade this year. What are the main differences between working on LNG storage vessels and on conventional vessels that are always at sea somewhere?
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