Classification society Bureau Veritas has responded to growing interest in LNG floating storage and regasification (FSRU) and floating storage (FSU) units by issuing new conversion notations and guidelines.
BV says there are more than 20 LNG carriers currently in a “laid-up condition,” many of them candidates for conversion, including for FSRU or FSU operations.
The society’s new conversion guidelines are said to provide clear advice to the LNG industry in addressing issues that will or may arise during the process.
The notations FSU-LNG and Liquefied Gas Carrier-FSU provide specific classification requirements, including structure and safety aspects.
They cover floating units dedicated to store LNG but not designed nor built to transport LNG, as well as those designed and built for that purpose.
Mathieu de Tugny, chief operating officer of BureauVeritas , Marine & Offshore, said:”‘With growing interest in floating gas terminals, working with industry stakeholders, we are providing the rule framework and guidance necessary to develop both FSRU and FSU terminals – both for newbuildings and conversions.”
Bureau veritas lists among its achievements in this sector class society for the first FSRU newbuild, delivered in 2005, and for the largest FSRU ever built, a 263,000 cbm MOL unit delivered in 2017.
