Aqualis Offshore secures LNG barge contract

Aqualis Offshore, part of Oslo-listed Aqualis ASA, informed it has been contracted by Gas Entec to provide an engineering study of a new-build LNG barge that will operate offshore the USA.

Aqualis Offshore’s work scope is to provide a “failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) study for control and alarm monitoring system (CAMS), emergency shutdown system (ESDS), and wireless telemetry system installed on the 2,200 cubic metre LNG bunkering/transport barge,” the company said on Thursday.

The LNG bunkering/transport barge will carry LNG cargo from the port facilities towards LNG fuelled ship for bunkering.

The barge is built by Conrad Shipyard, Texas, USA, for TOTE.