US shipping firm Seaboard Marine, a part of Seaboard, has added a new LNG-powered vessel to its fleet.
Seaboard Marine said in a statement earlier this week that Seaboard Victory is the second of six vessels in its LNG-powered V-Class fleet.
According to the firm, Seaboard Victory recently made its inaugural calls at the ports of Callao and Pisco, Peru.
With a capacity of 3,500 teu, including over 1,000 refrigerated container plugs, Seaboard Victory brings added reliability and increased capacity to key trade routes across the Americas, Seabord Marine said.
Seaboard Victory has joined a strategic rotation of ports in the Caribbean Basin, Central America, and South America.
Eight LNG-powered vessels
The US firm said in the statement that Seaboard Victory is one of eight LNG-powered vessels set to be integrated into its fleet by the end of 2025.
Last year, Seaboard Marine added the first LNG-powered vessel to its fleet, while it also completed the first bunkering operation in PortMiami.
The vessel in question is the 1,036-teu feeder container vessel, Seaboard Blue, previously known as ElbBLUE.
The 2010-built vessel was retrofitted in 2017 and was the world’s first containership converted from conventional diesel propulsion to LNG.
Seaboard Marine bought the LNG dual-fuel containership from Germany’s Elbdeich Reederei.
As per the V-Class fleet, Seaboard Marine announced the delivery of the first vessel in this batch, Seaboard Voyager, last month.
China’s Taizhou Sanfu built Seaboard Voyager and Seaboard Victory and is building the other four vessels. Germany’s HB Hunte designed the vessels, while Hartmann manages the six-vessel project.
The ships have an overall length of 248 meters, a length of 236.50 meters, a beam of 35.20 meters, and a depth of 19.2 meters.
Taizhou Sanfu says the vessel’s main engine is MAN B&W 7S70ME-C10.5 GI HPSCR, and they are the first to adopt the double C-type vertical gas storage tanks.