Tanker Tech: TMC for Roncador Tankers

TMC Compressors of the Seas (TMC) has signed a contract to supply complete marine compressed air systems for two shuttle tankers that Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) is building for Norwegian tank operator Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers (KNOT).

The two 153,000 DWT DP2 shuttle tankers will be built by Hyundai Heavy Industries at their shipyard in South Korea and delivered in 2020. 

Following delivery, the vessels will operate in Brazil, under a long-term charter with energy major Equinor ASA (formerly Statoil ASA).

Under the contract, TMC will deliver service  and instrument air compressors to each of the two newbuild shuttle tankers. TMC has not disclosed the value of the contracts.

The two shuttle tankers will be used to lift and transport oil from the Roncador oilfield, which Equinor holds a 25 percent interest in. The crude will subsequently be transferred to conventional tankers and marketed to customer around the world.