Energy Universe (IMO 9758844) — LNG carrier, 165k m³

Specification

IMO number: 9758844
MMSI: Not reported
Vessel type: LNG carrier
Cargo capacity: 165,000 m³
Containment system: IHI SPB (Type B prismatic)
Containment family: Prismatic Type B (SPB)
Propulsion: DFDE (dual-fuel diesel electric)
Boil-off handling: Not reported
Flag: Not reported
Length overall: Not reported
Gross tonnage: Not reported
GEM vessel ID: imo:9758844

As GEM reports it: containment “self-supporting prismatic”, propulsion “prismatic conventional DFDE”.

Build and technology

Shipyard

Japan Marine UnitedJapan · delivered 2019

Cargo containment

IHI SPB (Type B prismatic)Prismatic Type B (SPB) · technology licensed from the system ownerAbout the firm that licenses this system

Firms behind this vessel

Identified from the containment system and engine recorded against the ship, and from firms named on it in our curated list.

IHIcargo containment

Developed and licenses the SPB self-supporting prismatic IMO Type B tank, a free-standing cargo tank with internal bulkheads that suppress sloshing and allow partial cargoes.

Owners and operators

Stakes exactly as GEM reports them for this vessel.

Owners

Sister ships

Vessels from the same yard, delivered the same year, with the same cargo capacity to the nearest 1,000 m³. A shared design is likely but not certain.

Vessel	IMO	Status	Capacity	Containment	Propulsion
Energy Glory	9752565	Operating	165,000	IHI SPB (Type B prismatic)	DFDE (dual-fuel diesel electric)
Energy Innovator	9758832	Operating	165,000	IHI SPB (Type B prismatic)	DFDE (dual-fuel diesel electric)

Background on the technology and the terms used on this page.

LNG carrier anatomy
An LNG carrier is a ship built around insulated cargo tanks that hold liquefied gas at minus 162 degrees, with an engine able to burn the cargo vapour that inevitably boils off during the voyage.
Membrane versus Moss tanks
Cargo containment is the system that holds LNG at minus 162 degrees inside a ship, and it comes in two families: membranes, which are thin barriers supported by the hull, and free-standing tanks, which carry their own load.
Propulsion II: DFDE and TFDE, the dual-fuel era
Dual-fuel diesel electric propulsion uses medium-speed engines burning either boil-off gas or liquid fuel to generate electricity, which drives electric propulsion motors rather than a directly coupled shaft.
Ship classes: conventional, Q-Flex, Q-Max and small-scale
LNG carriers fall into recognised size classes running from small-scale vessels under 30,000 cubic metres, through the 174,000 cubic metre conventional standard, to the 266,000 cubic metre Q-Max ships built for Qatar.