BRITISH CONTRIBUTOR outbound from Dragon No 1.

At 173,400 cubic metres, this is one of two of the largest LNG vessels BP Shipping has ever operated. She is a Partnership class vessel.

They have state-of-the-art, tri-fuel, two-stroke, ME-GI engines that utilise boil off gas from cargo tanks as fuel. They achieve a thermal efficiency of around 51.7% making them one of the most efficient marine engines on the market today, reducing CO2, NOX and SOX and particulate emissions when operating in gas mode.

SPECIAL FEATURES:- 25% more efficient than the previous DFDE (Dual Fuel Diesel Electric) technology in the BP GEM Class vessels
Re-liquefaction capability to return unused boil off back to the cargo tanks saving an estimated 35,000 m3 of LNG over the lifetime of the vessel
12% larger capacity than GEM class
332km of cabling and 668km total welding length per ship
13,600 kW installed power generation -sufficient to power a town with 30,000 average UK houses
Capable of a design speed of 20 Knots
First tier 3 gas-burning two-stroke engines worldwide.
(Source: BP Shipping)

LxB: 249.9m x 46.4m
IMO: 9766554
MMSI: 232006298
CALLSIGN: MAOR7
GT: 111000t
DWT: 83000t
BUILT: 2018
FLAG: UK

Sister vessel: BRITISH PARTNER