Alpha Gas: LNG carrier Energy Endurance launched in South Korea

South Korea’s Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries has launched the 174,000-cbm LNG carrier, Energy Endurance, for Greece’s Alpha Gas.

Alpha Gas announced the launching of the vessel in a short social media post on Tuesday.

The LNG carrier owner expects to take delivery of this XDF vessel in the first quarter of 2024.

Alpha Gas: LNG carrier Energy Endurance launched in South Korea
Image: Alpha Gas

Hyundai Samho is building in total three 174,000-cbm LNG carriers for Alpha Gas.

In April this year, the shipbuilder delivered the first LNG carrier in this batch, Energy Fidelity.

This vessels serves Jera Global Markets, a joint venture of Japan’s Jera and France’s EDF, under a charter deal.

Prior to this new delivery, Alpha Gas welcomed the 174,300-cbm Energy Intelligence into is fleet in June 2021.

This LNG carrier and its sister carrier Energy Integrity are on charter to a unit of SEFE, previously known as Gazprom Germania and now controlled by the German government.

In addition to these vessels, Alpha Gas took delivery of Energy Endeavour in 2021, Energy Pacific in 2020, and Energy Atlantic in 2015.

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