New-build LNG news

Posidonia 2026 is set to become the longest in duration shipping event, as it prepares to engage the global maritime community over a three-week period filled with conferences, networking, social and sporting events.

The global LNG shipping industry will require over 650 new LNG carriers by 2040, according to analysis by Wood Mackenzie.

Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering Co., Ltd has held the keel-laying ceremony for a 12 500 m3 LNG bunker built for Vitol International Shipping.

Capital Clean Energy Carriers Corp. has ordered three latest technology LNG carriers to be built at HD Hyundai Samho Co., Ltd, scheduled for delivery in 2028 and 2029.

ADNOC Logistics & Services plc has taken delivery of Al Sadaf, the fourth of six new-build LNG carriers from the Jiangnan Shipyard in China.

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd has held a naming ceremony for two 174 000 m3 LNG vessels for QatarEnergy at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.

BW LNG has ordered two LNG newbuildings from HD Hyundai Group, scheduled for delivery in early 4Q28.

UPM has launched a new solution for the insulation elements of LNG cargo tanks.

Capital Clean Energy Carriers has secured employment for an LNG carrier currently under construction at Hyundai Samho, which is scheduled for delivery from the shipyard in 1Q27.

Nakilat has launched the first financing package with the Export-Import Bank of Korea for 25 conventional Korean-built LNG vessels that will be fully owned and operated by Nakilat.