Launching

On Thursday 11th of April at 14.00 hrs. M.V. ‘Shetland’ Nb. 453 was launched at the Ferus Smit Westerbroek Yard.
M.V. Shetland is the third dedicated cement carrier build for the joint venture JT cement, in which Erik Thun AB  cooperates with KG Jebsen Cement from Norway.
The vessel is equipped with an LNG fuelled propulsion system. This unique design incorporates a 200 m3 pressurised LNG tank positioned in the foreship. While sailing on LNG, the vessel will meet the most stringent emission criteria, as well as new norms that might be in place in futures for environmental sensitive areas.
The cement cargo system will consist of a fully automated cement loading and unloading system, based on fluidization of cement by means of compressed air.
In the extra: the stern of the ship, and one of the two tugs that kept her from smashing against the other side of the canal.
In the second extra: an old picture of the ship I am volunteering on, built in 1951 at the same yard.