China’s Hudong-Zhonghua has hosted a naming ceremony on September 26 for two 174,000-cbm LNG carriers it built for MOL and Cosco Shipping’s unit CSLNG.
The LNG carriers in question are Greenenergy Star and Greenenergy Moon.
These are the third and fourth of six LNG carriers MOL, in a partnership with CSLNG, ordered at the shipbuilder in January 2022.
China’s energy giant CNOOC will charter all six LNG carriers, and it is also part of the JV that owns the vessels.
According to Hudong-Zhonghua, both sister ships are scheduled for delivery in mid-to-late October and are expected to enter service ahead of schedule.
Last year, Hudong-Zhonghua delivered the first vessel in this batch, Greenergy Ocean.
This is the world’s first fifth-generation “Changheng” series LNG carrier.
The 299-meter-long vessel features GTT’s NO96 Super+ containment system and WinGD 5X72DF2.1 dual-fuel main engine.
To date, Hudong-Zhonghua has delivered 52 large LNG carriers.
The shipbuilder noted that it is poised to surpass this year its own record for large LNG carrier deliveries set in 2024.
Hudong-Zhonghua delivered eight large LNG carriers last year.
In 2023, Hudong-Zhonghua delivered six LNG carriers.
The shipbuilder previously said it plans to deliver more than 10 large LNG vessels in 2025.