Croatian shipyard Brodosplit builds LNG-fueled boxships for Brodosplit Navigation Ltd.
Split, Croatia based Brodosplit a week ago held a still-cutting at Shipbuilding Industry Split for multipurpose four LNG-powered containerships for its own fleet operated by Brodosplit Navigation Ltd., the shipbuilder said in a press release. Steel plates were cut for Hull 476, 477, 478 and 479.
Vessel particulars: LOA – 184.43 meters, breadth – 27.5 meters, depth – 15.80 meters, DWT – 24,000 tonnes at 10.30-m draft, capacity – 2000 TEU, speed – 18 knot, propulsion – engines with rated power of 11060 kW at 100 rpm. The boxships are being built to DNV GL class.
Tomislav Debeljak, Brodosplit CEO comments: “By building of these ships Shipbuilding Industry Split and Brodosplit-Navigation enter shipbuilding market niche that will enable sustainable business operation for Split Shipyard, bigger engagement of capacities and acquisition of references for building of ships that will be in higher demand in near future”.
Brodosplit container vessels will have low speed 2 stroke "dual fuel" (LNG/HFO) engines that have higher efficiency (lower energy) operating at lower rpm, resulting in lower maintenance costs and longer life span. The engines will be made by the Brodosplit diesel engine factory, under the license of the MAN, as well as the special tanks for LNG fuel.
Brodosplit shipyard is based in Split, Croatia. The shipyard was established by a merger of several smaller dockyards in 1922. Today it is the largest Croatian shipyard covering an area of 560,000 sqm. Brodosplit can build ships over 160,000 dwt. It has two modern slipways as well as extensive machinery, equipment, resources and facilities. The first slipway can be used for the construction of Suezmax tankers up to 300 meters long and 50 meters wide, with two cranes of 600 kN and two of 1000. Slipway No.2 is used for building ships up to 250 meters long and 42 meters wide, with a lift of 600 kN and two of 1000 kN.
