A Norwegian shipyard will be the first to use SSAB Zero steel for ship-building, Kallanish learns from the Swedish mill group.
SSAB Zero is SSAB’S proprietary brand made from recycled steel and produced with fossil-free electricity and biogas. The Salthammer shipyard in Vestnes has ordered it for two 30-metre electric-powered supply ships.
Norwegian shipping services company AQS Rederi AS has commissioned two Coastern 28eH supply ships from the shipbuilder, which will be used for fish farming tasks. Both vessels feature a newly developed design from Tomra Engineering AS. SSAB subsidiary Tibnor will deliver a total of 300 tonnes of SSAB Zero Salthammer Båtbyggeri in two batches.
The ships will have electric propulsion, powered by 2,000 kWh and 1,600 kWh batteries respectively. The Coastern 28eH is a versatile supply ship with large cranes, efficient deck equipment and a bollard pull of over 25 tonnes.
“It’s great to have Salthammer aboard on our journey toward fossil-free value chains. SSAB Zerois a great material for new generation electric-powered supply ships. We will deliver the steel in 6-15mm thick steel sheets, and the batch for the first ship will leave already in November,” says Svein Johansen, sales director at Tibnor.
Christian Koehl Germany
