Lindanger

On Feb 27, 2020, the 'Lindanger', enroute from Timaru to Pecket, rescued the 67 year old French single hand sailor Thierry Deroy from his Maracuja 62 aluminium yacht 'No Comment' at the outskirts of the Chattam Islands, nearly 400 miles southeast of New Zealand. After capsizing and dismasting, the boat was taking on water and was irreparable at sea. Thierry Deroy was taken towards Punta Arenas. The skipper had activated his distress beacon on Feb 26, and the tanker diverted towards the position. Thierry Deroy had left Guadeloupe on Oct 20, 2019 to participate in La Longue Route 2018. During his three years of preparation for this round the world trip he had his base at the port of Bono in the Gulf of Morbihan, where also several competitors prepared for this iconic trip. French report with photo: https://voilesetvoiliers.ouest-france.fr/course-au-large/tour-du-monde/en-solitaire/la-longue-route-2018-thierry-deroy-abandonne-son-voilier-au-large-de-la-nouvelle-zelande-27d1ea9c-593a-11ea-85d2-1dddae64ffed

Launched at the Hyundai Mipo dockyard in Ulsan, South Korea, the newly built Lindanger is the world’s first methanol fueled ocean-going vessel. The ship is the first of two dual-fueled 50,000 dwt tankers owned by Norwegian firm Westfal-Larsen that will be chartered to global marine transportation company Waterfront Shipping. With a MAN designed Hyundai–B&W 6G50ME-9.3 ME-LGI dual-fuel, two-stroke engine on board, the Lindanger can run on methanol, fuel oil, marine diesel oil or gasoil.