Lngt-America

The Synergy Marine Group has converted the 'Northwest Stormpetrel' into a key piece of the new floating energy plant 'Karadeniz LNGT Powership Americas'. It was converted from an LNG tanker to an FSRU at the Seatrium Admiralty Yard in Singapore under Synergy Marine Group's project management. The FSRU can store natural gas in liquid form and convert it back to gas for use in electricity generation. The new FSRU can handle up to 150 million cubic feet of gas per day and has been designed to operate offshore for ten years without the need for docking. The unit can both receive LNG via ship-to-ship transfers, regasify it and send the gas on to floating power plants, The customer is the Turkish energy group Karpowership, which operates the world's largest fleet of powerships. The floating power plants can be connected directly to the power grid in countries with an urgent need for electricity. When powerships are coupled with an FSRU, a complete floating energy plant is created: the gas is imported, stored and regasified on the FSRU, after which it is used as fuel for the power plant ships. In this way, electricity can be supplied to millions of people in a few months. The ship sailed from Singapore on Aug 17, 2025, and has been anchored off Kuala Sungai Baru in pos. 02° 20' N 102° 01' E since Aug 23.

The 'Northwest Stormpetrel' suffered an engine failure in pos. 37 36 06 N, 137 52 06 E and was disabled in the Sea of Japan on Feb 22, 2023, at around 4.15 pp.m. A patrol vessel of the Japan Coastguard staarted towing the tanker to keep it from drifting away, until a rescue ship tasked by the operator company arrived at the site around 6.20 p.m. on Feb 23.

The "NW Storm Petrel" on June 5, 2013, has resumed its journey from Nagoya to Dampier after an ill crew member was airlifted from a ship off the northern Australian coast and flown to hospital in Darwin. The chopper of Darwin's CareFlight after the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, arranged the rescue following a request from the ship which diverted from its course to allow the man to be flown from the ship. The Brisbane man told CareFlight flight nurse Paul Campbell he had become progressively unwell since Juune 2. The state of the ship's air-filled LNG tanks means it was not permitted to approach any closer to Darwin Harbour. Pilot John Beasy, and air crewman Daniel Warring landed on the ship's helideck to allow the flight nurse to take over treatment of the man who was flown to Royal Darwin Hospital for treatment where he remained in a stable condition on arrival. Report with photo and video: http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2013/06/06/321673_ntnews.html

A man is recovering in hospital after being evacuated from a gas carrier about 48km off the coast near Darwin. The ship Northwest Stormpetrel, which was travelling from Japan to Western Australia, put out a request for help on Tuesday night (June 04, 2013). It is understood a 56-year-old Australian crew member aboard the 272-metre vessel had a serious gut problem and needed to be evacuated. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority contacted CareFlight to arrange the rescue. CareFlight director Ian Badham said a nurse arrived at the ship on Wednesday morning and the ill man was flown in a helicopter to the Royal Darwin Hospital. Mr Badham said the man's condition was not considered as serious as first thought.