DSM2025 Open Ship, September 2-3

A TOTAL OF three product tankers from the shipowners on the island of Donsö participated during DSM2023. One of the NEOT-chartered sister vessels Tern Island or Tern Fors from Terntank, berth at Donsö deep harbour during the first day of the fair. The vessels was delivered in December 2021 and February 2022 and during DSM2022, the Tern Fors was christenedin Donsö harbour.

DURING THE SECOND day of DSM2023, Furetank’s Fure Vinga arrived at the island. The 17,999 dwt vessel is number seven in a series of sister vessels consisting of eight delivered vessels and nine in order. Fure Vinga was delivered by China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in January 2021. The vessel has Swedish flag, ice class 1A and a tank capacity of 20,306 cubic metres in twelve epoxy coated tanks.

THE THIRD PRODUCT tanker visiting DSM2023 was the Preem-chartered vessel Olympus from Sirius Shipping, arriving at the island on the second day of the fair. The vessel was built in 2006 and was during 2010 equipped with a Catamiser, developed by Gesab in Gothenburg. It combines an SCR catalyst, which removes NOx from the exhaust gases, and an economiser, which recovers and recycles heat from exhaust gases, fitted together into a single unit. According to Sirius, the ship’s NOx emissions are reduced by 90 per cent and the total annual CO2 emission reduction is around 300 tonnes.

DURING DSM2023, NOS, Northern Offshore Services, attended with several vessels. They visited the fair with the 46 metre long vessel Northern Skagerrak, a service vessel in Port of Gothenburg converted last year to a hybrid for battery powered operations. Northern Skagerrak is mainly collecting sludge from arriving ships in the Port of Gothenburg. It runs mostly using electric power although there is also an auxiliary engine that runs on the renewable fuel HVO.