The company’s 38,200-dwt Great Lakes Trader (built 2000), a self-unloading dry bulk integrated tug-barge, will receive the first conversion.
The tug’s engines have already been switched to electronic from mechanical engines, which is the first step in converting to LNG fuel.
“As we were talking with Pace [Ralli] a little bit about this model and forming Clean Marine Energy [CME], we thought, let’s take all the learnings and create a platform from which we can help other shipowners,” said Volckert van Reesema.
Norwalk-based
