Second 1200 TEU newbuilding delivered to Langh Ship

The second vessel in Langh Ship’s series of three 1200 TEU newbuildings was delivered in connection with the naming ceremony in Zhoushan, China, where it was named Lene. The vessel’s godmother is young miss Lene, Langh Ship’s Managing Director Laura Langh-Lagerlöf’s goddaughter and daughter of Laura’s cousin Nora Osola.

The vessel is equipped with a broad range of technology for reducing the ship’s emissions and improving energy efficiency. For exhaust gas treatment, the vessel utilizes SCR for NOx emission reduction and a hybrid scrubber to clean the SOx emissions, supplied by Langh Tech. Further, the vessel has readiness for later installation of Langh Tech’s newly developed carbon capture system, and to prevent the spread of invasive species through the vessels ballast tanks, ballast water treatment by Langh Tech has been implemented.

During the Nor-Shipping exhibition in Oslo earlier this month, Langh Tech launched its own battery system. The batteries will be installed onboard the entire series of three newbuildings, cutting the vessels emissions during port stay to almost zero.

The ship’s energy efficiency has further been improved by careful selection of components. These include biofuel-ready main engine and auxiliary engines from MAN, a pump energy optimisation system from Desmi and a shaft generator and energy management system from WE Tech, to name a few.

“We are glad to have the components of these makers onboard,” says Managing Director Laura Langh Lagerlöf. “We wanted to optimize our newbuildings as far as possible regarding energy efficiency and emission reduction, and we can proudly say that our selected makers enable us to do this.”

The vessel is designed by the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI). The design of the hull in particular plays a significant role in the vessel energy consumption, which SDARI has mastered with their strong experience in hull design. This is evident from the consumption figures of the first vessel in this series, Ingrid, which has after a couple of months in operation shown that the figures match the specification to an outstanding degree.

All three sister vessels in this series will be employed in container feedering in Europe and operate, at least in the first period, mainly in the Mediterranean. The flexible cargo areas with movable cell guides make these vessels forerunners in the container feeder market. Langh Ship has already gained initial experience of operating the new design of hatch covers on the first vessel Ingrid, with overwhelmingly positive reports from ports and operators. The feedback has praised the flexibility of the divided hatches, allowing operators to reach the hold without first having to discharge all containers on deck.

For further information, please contact:

Laura Langh-Lagerlöf

Managing Director

laura.langh@langh.fi

+358 40 583 8874

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