Naming ceremony for world's first dual-fuel 1A class LNG carrier slated for Dec. 7

A naming ceremony for the new LNG carrier will be hosted on December 7, 2012 at the Cruise Terminal in the heart of the city of Rotterdam. The Coral Energy is world’s first direct driven dual-fuel ice class 1A LNG carrier, Anthony Veder press release said.

The development of the Coral Energy started in 2010 in close cooperation with Norwegian gas provider Skangass. The design of the ship makes it possible to deliver LNG to all sizes of terminals in an environmental friendly way. The ship provides LNG as a cleaner energy source to remote places and to smaller terminals where the LNG can be used amongst other as bunker fuel for other ships, power generation, and retail distribution.

The Coral Energy is being build at the Neptun Werft in Rostock, Germany. In recent months various important construction milestones of the ship have been reached, a.o. the vessel was successfully launched on the 30th of September.

The Anthony Veder Group was founded in 1937 as ship owner and port agent. In 1969, the Group started operating its first gas tankers. Now, the Company is involved in all segments of the gas market from co2 to ethylene and from LPG to LNG.