An LNG carrier is a tank ship designed for transporting liquefied natural gas (LNG). As the LNG market grows rapidly, the fleet of LNG carriers continues to experience tremendous growth.
The first LNG carrier Methane Pioneer (5,034DWT) left the Calcasieu River on the Louisiana Gulf coast on 25 January 1959. Carrying the world's first ocean cargo of LNG, it sailed to the UK where the cargo was delivered. Subsequent expansion of that trade has brought on a large expansion of the fleet to today where giant LNG ships carrying up to 266,000m3 (9,400,000cuft) are sailing worldwide. As of 2005, a total of 203 vessels had been built, of which 193 were still in service.
The success of the specially modified C1-M-AV1-type standard ship Normarti, renamed Methane Pioneer, caused the Gas Council and Conch International Methane Ltd. to order two purpose built LNG carriers to be constructed: Methane Princess and Methane Progress. The ships were fitted with Conch independent aluminum cargo tanks and entered the Algerian LNG trade in 1964. These ships had a capacity of 27,000 cubic metres (950,000cuft).
The Höegh Giant will deliver regasified LNG to the 56 km long Jaigarh-Dabhol natural gas pipeline, connecting the LNG terminal to the national gas grid ... Foresight executives discussed with local newspaper Business Standard last month their plans to make SCI into an energy-focused shipowner, with big investments in LNG carriers.
This loan facility will be used to purchase one LNG dual fuel TierIII 190 000DWT bulk carrier, which has been awarded a 10-year dual fuel dry bulk charter contract by Anglo American, a leading global mining company together with another three LNG dual fuel bulk carriers in November 2020.
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Okayama-based Nakashima Propeller Co Ltd has acquired a majority stake in Hamburg-based BeckerMarineSystems (BMS) ...Related ... Related ... This includes container ships across the size ranges including feeder vessels, LNG carriers, roro’s and ferries. Tankers and bulk carriers will also be a focus, Lehmann said. ... . . . .
He expanded the business into tankers in the 1990s and into LNG carriers in 2003... Including newbuildings on order, the group owns 151 ships across three sectors of operation – dry bulk, tankers and liquefied natural gas carriers – of over 28m dwt and is by some way ...
Using Excelerate’s floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) Excellence and a conventional LNG carrier, 144 191 m3 of LNG were transferred using the double-banked LNG transfer system. To date, Excelerate has successfully transferred over 236 405000 m3 of LNG using its STS protocol.