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According to a GTT statement on Tuesday, the LNG tank specialist received the order in the fourth quarter.
GTT said the vessel will have a capacity of 180,000 cbm and will be fitted with its Mark III Flex containment system.
The delivery of the vessel is scheduled for the third quarter of 2027.
GTT did not provide the name of the owner.
However, the company announced in July a similar order for one 180,000-cbm LNG carrier with CMHI-Jiangsu stating the vessel will be built for Celsius Tankers.
Sources said at the time that this was the fifth vessel Celsius Tankers ordered at CMHI-Jiangsu.
This new order is probably for the sixth vessel in this batch of LNG carriers.
In April last year, GTT announced it had won its first LNG tank order from CMHI-Jiangsu for four 180,000-cbm LNG carriers.
This was the first LNG carrier order in China for Celsius Tankers and the first order for large LNG carriers for the Chinese yard.
Following the initial order, Jeppe Jensen, founder and chairman of Celsius announced an order for two more LNG carriers at the Chinese shipbuilder in October 2023.
However, the shipbuilding contract for the fifth vessel was signed earlier this year. And it appears that the contract for the sixth vessel was signed recently.
Celsius also recently added the sixth vessel (HN 282-06) to its website, boosting its fleet of LNG carriers to 20 ships, including vessels on order.
MET deal
Besides these six firm LNG carriers on order at the Chinese shipbuilder, Celsius also has six more options.
Celsius recently entered into a partnership with Switzerland-based energy trader MET Group to build and jointly own one LNG carrier.
MET said CMHI-Jiangsu will build this 180,000-cbm LNG carrier and deliver it in 2027.
However, MET did not provide further details regarding the LNG carrier.
Either the fifth or the sixth CMHI-Jiangsu vessel could be part of this deal, as the first four ships will go on charter to Clearlake Shipping, a subsidiary of energy trader Gunvor.