Veritas: Compressed Natural Gas transport viable

Leading international classification society Bureau Veritas says that market demand will

inevitably lead to the development of Compressed Natural Gas carriers. Speaking at BV's Gas Tanker

Seminar, to be held in Hamburg on September 20, Fred Venner, BV's manager for gas ships will say

that CNG ships will be suitable for routes up to about 2,500 miles, with substantial parcels of

natural gas suitable for such trades on the western US seaboard, in SE Asia, the northern N Sea,

central America and the Mediterranean.

Venner will review the main options for CNG carriage which include coiled and vertical steel pipe

systems and steel and composite pressure vessels, and raise questions over safety. He will also

highlight BV's new rules for CNG ships. As BV was the first classification society to class an LNG

carrier, the first to move into LNG regasification and the first to class dual fuel ships for LNG,

Venner says he is confident that BV will pioneer new means of natural gas transport.

Source：Seanews