TYPE C TANKER • HYBRID PROPULSION • 2025 • 8,580-ton cargo

LUGANO — HYBRID
INLAND TANKER

Lugano is a 135-metre Type C inland tanker developed by V-Shipping around efficient operation, propulsion flexibility and long-term adaptability. Its hybrid configuration combines diesel and electric propulsion to support reliable day-to-day operation while keeping future transition options open.

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TYPE C TANKER

135-metre
inland tanker.

HYBRID PROPULSION

Diesel + electric drive

FUTURE-READY

Long-term adaptability

DELIVERED 2025

Built with Team-Co

135 M LENGTH

Large inland tanker

HYBRID DRIVE

Diesel + electric propulsion

90°C CARGO

Heated cargo operation

ARA OPERATIONS

Antwerp · Rotterdam · Amsterdam

PROJECTS • ENGINEERING • DELIVERY

LUGANO — HYBRID
INLAND TANKER

TYPE C TANKER

EHYBRID PROPULSION

FUTURE-READY

DELIVERED 2025

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Vessel Type: Type C Inland Tanker
Delivered: 2025
Shipyard: Team-Co
Length: 135 m
Beam: 17.60 m
Propulsion: Hybrid + Stage V Diesel
Cargo: Oil / Heated Cargo
V-Shipping Role: Designer & Builder

LUGANO • ENGINEERING • DELIVERY

ENGINEERED FOR
FLEXIBILITY, RELIABILITY
AND LONG-TERM OPERATION

Lugano was developed around a clear objective: create an inland tanker that performs efficiently today while remaining adaptable to future operational and propulsion requirements. The vessel combines practical ship design, hybrid propulsion and build-ready engineering within one integrated project.

The propulsion concept uses two Cat C32 main engines together with two Cat C18 generator sets and electric drive support. This configuration gives the vessel flexibility in how power is delivered, while reducing dependence on the main engines during operating profiles where full conventional propulsion is not required.

Designed primarily around operations in the Antwerp–Rotterdam–Amsterdam region, Lugano reflects V-Shipping’s approach of matching vessel design and propulsion to the actual operating profile rather than applying one standard technical solution to every project.

Hybrid engine room on Lugano inland tanker project by V-Shipping

OPERATIONAL CONCEPT

A vessel developed around its real operating profile, cargo requirements and long-term use.

HYBRID PROPULSION

Diesel and electric propulsion combined to provide operational flexibility and redundancy.

BUILD-READY ENGINEERING

Ship design, propulsion, systems and construction logic developed as one coordinated project.

LONG-TERM ADAPTABILITY

Technical choices made to keep future propulsion and fuel transition options open.

V-SHIPPING’S ROLE IN THE LUGANO PROJECT

V-Shipping was responsible for the development of Lugano as both designer and builder, connecting vessel concept, engineering decisions, shipbuilding execution and final delivery within one project approach.

The project required more than designing a 135-metre inland tanker. Vessel dimensions, cargo requirements, propulsion strategy, machinery arrangement and construction decisions had to work together around the vessel’s intended operating profile and long-term reliability.

Lugano demonstrates V-Shipping’s design-to-build philosophy: technical decisions are evaluated not only on paper, but in relation to construction, operation, maintenance and the future adaptability of the completed vessel.

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