LNG carrier news

‘K’ LINE has held the naming ceremony for a newbuilding LNG carrier at a Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd facility in South Korea, with the vessel named TOHO EMERALD.

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd has held a naming ceremony at Hanwha Ocean Co., Ltd’s Geoje Shipyard for the world's first LNG carrier equipped with two Wind Challenger units.

GTT has received an order from the Jiangnan shipyard for the design of the tanks of four new LNG carriers on behalf of ADNOC Logistics and Services.

BW LNG is working on increasing cargo capacity by 3000 m3 with a new 177 000 m3 three-tank LNG carrier design.

GTT has received an order from HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering for the tank design of two new carriers, on behalf of Tsakos Energy Navigation, the shipowner.

Hahn & Co., the owner of South Korean shipping companies, SK Shipping and H-Line Shipping, will swap vessels and long-term contracts in a deal that will make SK Shipping Asia's largest LNG carrier operator, as reported by Reuters.

Everllence has signed an engineering design agreement with Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd regarding the development of a 180 000 m3 class LNG carrier featuring an Everllence DFE+ propulsion system.

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has announced the delivery of Greenergy Cloud, the sixth and final LNG carrier in the CNOOC series.

Seatrium Ltd has entered into a letter of intent with Golar LNG Ltd to advance a potential third floating LNG conversion project.

PaxOcean has announced the completion and delivery of two LNG carrier repair projects within the span of one week.