In August, Azbil received an order from Japan Marine United (JMU) who is engaged in designing, manufacturing and marketing of vessels, military ships and marine floating structures for LNG vessels of the JMU’s Cove Point LNG Project located in Maryland, US, for LNG tanks; Loading/Unloading facilities; Boil-off gas incineration facilities; Tri Fuel Diesel Electric propulsion system (TFDE) which is a motor-driven system to provide impetus to propellers from the power generated by diesel engine using low-sulfur oil (light oil), heavy oil and gas as fuels; Integrated control system “Marine DEO”(Azbil ‘s brand) to monitor and control gas supply to the engine and electricity to electric propulsion room.

The Cove Point Project includes the construction of a new natural gas liquefying plant as a receiving base inside the Cope Point LNG Base now in operation and the exportation of liquefied LNG originated from US made natural gases like shale gas.

To comply with the US emission control regulations within coastal area of the US, the LNG vessel will be equipped with Tri Fuel Diesel Electric (TFDE) propulsion system allowing the use low-sulfur oil or gas. The vessel is also designed with the world’s lowest boil-off rate (0.08%/day as JMU says), and combination with TFDE propulsion will show excellent fuel consumption and eco-friendly performance, employing heat-resisting specifications for the tank. JMU will deliver another LNG vessel of the same type in 2017.

Regarding the award of the order, Azbil has supplied marine monitoring and control systems for more than 100 LNG carriers for many years in the past, and has also provided onboard equipment, such as instruments and control valves, as well as maintenance services. It is thought that Azbil’s high ratings for expertise, know-how, and extensive experience in LNG carrier control systems.