Dutch shipowner Anthony Veder and Sweden’s Sirius Shipping has named its first European built LNG bunker and distribution vessel.

The ice class 1A, 5,800-cbm Coralius was ordered by Veder and Sirius in 2015 at Royal Bodewes in The Netherlands.

It was named on Monday by Skangas chair of the board and chief executive officer of Gasum Johanna Lamminen.

From left to right: Herman Bodewes from Royal Bodewes, Sirius Shipping's Jonas Backman, Gasum CEO Johanna Lamminen with Anthony Veder boss Jan Valkier Photo: Peter Tahl

The ship, which has a flat working deck engineered for safe side-by-side operations, will offer LNG bunkering services for Gasum subsidiary Skangas in the North Sea, Skagerak area and Baltic Sea.