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Jacksonville: Storage Tanks Delivered to Talleyrand LNG Fuel Depot
Crowley Maritime Corp. and Eagle LNG Partners recently began construction of a shore-side liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering facility on Crowley-leased property at the Jacksonville Port Authority’s Talleyrand Marine Terminal. The project took a major step forward with the delivery last week of the LNG storage tanks.
The Talleyrand LNG Fuel Depot is expected to be operational in late-summer 2017 prior to arrival of the first Crowley ship. The facility will serve as the fuel station for the LNG-powered, Commitment Class, combination container/Roll-on Roll-off ships being built by Crowley, and is expected to be in service the second half of this year and the first half of 2018.
The design was developed jointly by Eagle LNG and Crowley engineers in consultation with JAXPORT, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department. State-of-the art technology will allow efficient operations in a working JAXPORT terminal while minimizing the overall footprint.
Manufactured in the Czech Republic, the horizontal tanks each have a length overall of 170 feet and an outside diameter of 19 feet. They were transported by Crowley Logistics via river barge to Hamburg, Germany, and then transferred to a heavy-lift ship for the 4,000 nautical-mile voyage to Florida.
The inner shell holds the product while the outer shell is filled with insulation and under vacuum, keeping the LNG cold. The tanks have a rating of negative 320 degrees Fahrenheit. Each tank weighs 260 tons and holds 1,000 cubic meters or approximately 265,000 LNG-gallons.
The tanks are fitted with two internal LNG pumps, each of which can deliver a flow rate of 900 gallons-per-minute with the ability to run multiple pumps for a maximum of 2,400 gallons-per-minutes at peak load rate. Each tank holds sufficient product to fuel Crowley’s two LNG powered vessels within an 8-hour period, and is expected to be in service for at least 20 years.
Crowley is investing $550 million to transform its Jacksonville-Puerto Rico trade, including terminal facilities and ships. Three new cranes were delivered March 29 in San Juan Harbor. The first ship, El CoquÃ, was launched March 20. It is expected be in service later this year, with the second ship to follow in first half 2018.
Heavy Lift ship discharging tanks for the Talleyrand LNG Fuel Deport
Photo/Eagle LNG Partners
Crowley Maritime Corp. and Eagle LNG Partners recently began construction of a shore-side liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering facility on Crowley-leased property at the Jacksonville Port Authority’s Talleyrand Marine Terminal. The project took a major step forward with the delivery last week of the LNG storage tanks.
The Talleyrand LNG Fuel Depot is expected to be operational in late-summer 2017 prior to arrival of the first Crowley ship. The facility will serve as the fuel station for the LNG-powered, Commitment Class, combination container/Roll-on Roll-off ships being built by Crowley, and is expected to be in service the second half of this year and the first half of 2018.
The design was developed jointly by Eagle LNG and Crowley engineers in consultation with JAXPORT, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department. State-of-the art technology will allow efficient operations in a working JAXPORT terminal while minimizing the overall footprint.
Manufactured in the Czech Republic, the horizontal tanks each have a length overall of 170 feet and an outside diameter of 19 feet. They were transported by Crowley Logistics via river barge to Hamburg, Germany, and then transferred to a heavy-lift ship for the 4,000 nautical-mile voyage to Florida.
The inner shell holds the product while the outer shell is filled with insulation and under vacuum, keeping the LNG cold. The tanks have a rating of negative 320 degrees Fahrenheit. Each tank weighs 260 tons and holds 1,000 cubic meters or approximately 265,000 LNG-gallons.
The tanks are fitted with two internal LNG pumps, each of which can deliver a flow rate of 900 gallons-per-minute with the ability to run multiple pumps for a maximum of 2,400 gallons-per-minutes at peak load rate. Each tank holds sufficient product to fuel Crowley’s two LNG powered vessels within an 8-hour period, and is expected to be in service for at least 20 years.
Crowley is investing $550 million to transform its Jacksonville-Puerto Rico trade, including terminal facilities and ships. Three new cranes were delivered March 29 in San Juan Harbor. The first ship, El CoquÃ, was launched March 20. It is expected be in service later this year, with the second ship to follow in first half 2018.
Heavy Lift ship discharging tanks for the Talleyrand LNG Fuel Deport
Photo/Eagle LNG Partners
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