Harvey Gulf's LNG Vessel Certified

Harvey Gulf International achieved another milestone in maritime history today by receiving the first ABS Classification Certificate and the first U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Certificate of Inspection for a vessel powered by LNG.  

The M/V Harvey Energy is the first LNG powered vessel in service in North America. Last week, Harvey Gulf celebrated the first truck to vessel transfer of LNG, the first vessel to bunker LNG and was the first U.S. Flagged LNG powered vessel to enter into port while being powered by LNG.  The vessel will be based out of Port Fourchon, LA and will immediately begin its long term charter role.

The Harvey Energy, built at GCSG in Gulfport, is based on the Vard Marine 1 311 design and is 310x64x24.5 ft powered by three Wartsila 6L34DF dual fuel gensets providing 7.5MW of power fueled by Wartsila’s LNGPac system.  

The Harvey Energy is U.S. Flagged Subchapter I and L, SOLAS compliant and is classed by the ABS as +A1, OSV, +AMS, +DPS-2, +ACCU, UWILD, FFV-1, ENVIRO+, GP, GFS (Dual Fuel Diesel) E. with 5,150 tons of deadweight, the vessel is capable of carrying 253,000 USG of Fuel Oil, 18,000 Bbls of Liquid Mud, 1,600 Bbls of Methanol, 10,250ft3 of dry cement and 78,000 USG of LNG fuel.

Shane J. Guidry, Chairman and CEO of Harvey Gulf, commented, “The delivery of the Harvey Energy exemplifies Harvey Gulf’s commitment to their customers to deliver world class ships that set highest of standards for offshore support vessels in the Gulf of Mexico.”