Chinese shipbuilder Hudong-Zhonghua hosted a naming ceremony for another LNG carrier built under the massive QatarEnergy shipbuilding program.
The vessel in question is the 174,000-cbm LNG carrier, Fat’h Al Khair.
CSSC’s Hudong-Zhonghua said this is the seventh LNG carrier of the QatarEnergy shipbuilding program and the 52nd LNG ship built by the shipbuilder.
Also, this is the third of a series of LNG carriers that a joint venture company comprising Japan’s NYK, K Line, Malaysia’s MISC, and China’s CLNG will build for QatarEnergy.
In May, Hudong-Zhonghua delivered the 174,000-cbm LNG carrier, Al Tuwar, the first vessel in this series, and also the first LNG carrier that NYK is involved in building in China.
Hudong-Zhonghua said Fat’h Al Khair will join the fleet in late August.
The vessel is equipped with the X-DF 2.1 iCER engine, a dual-fuel engine that uses fuel oil and boil-off gas as fuel, and GTT’s NO96 L03+ membrane containment system.
In addition, the 299-meter-long LNG carrier is also equipped with a reliquefaction device that uses surplus boil-off gas.
Hudong-Zhonghua delivered eight large LNG carriers last year, setting a new record for the Chinese shipbuilding industry.
In 2023, Hudong-Zhonghua delivered six LNG carriers.
The shipbuilder previously said it plans to deliver more than 10 large LNG vessels in 2025.