HAVET og LNG-skipene

The spherical tanks used to transport liquefied natural gas (LNG) are crucial to global energy transport. This unique design was developed jointly by Kværner and Rosenberg Verft in the first half of the 1970s. Many people in Stavanger still remember watching the ships being built at the shipyard in Buøy – particularly the installation of the enormous spherical tanks.

The design ensured exceptionally safe and structurally robust transport of liquefied natural gas at high pressure and an extreme temperature of -163°C. This type of vessel therefore remains dominant in today’s maritime transport of liquefied natural gas.

In this presentation, Finn Harald Sandberg will explore both the history and development of the ships launched at Rosenberg Verft. He graduated as a civil engineer from the shipbuilding programme at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1974 (now NTNU’s Department of Marine Technology). He has 33 years of experience in the shipping and oil industries, working for Kværner, Heerema and Statoil, and spent seven years as a specialist manager at the Norwegian Petroleum Museum.

Welcome to the lecture at the Stavanger Maritime Museum, Strandkaien 22, on Thursday 26 November, 19:00–20:00.