CIMC SOE bags new LNG bunkering vessel orders

CIMC SOE said in a statement on Thursday that it has recently secured orders for two 20,000-cbm and one 18,900-cbm LNG bunkering and supply vessels.

The shipbuilder did not provide any further details regarding the orders.

It is worth noting here that Spanish LNG terminal operator Enagas and compatriot utility Naturgy recently joined forces on one 18,900-cbm LNG bunkering vessel, which will serve Naturgy under a charter deal.

The vessel is expected to start serving Naturgy in 2028 under a long-term contract, according to Enagas.

Enagas did not say who would build the LNG bunkering vessel.

Enagas’s unit Scale Green Energy previously ordered one 12,800-cbm LNG bunkering vessel at CIMC SOE.

CIMC SOE’s growing LNG orderbook

According to CIMC SOE, to date, it has secured a total of 10 orders for 20,000-cbm LNG bunkering vessels and three orders for 18,900-cbm bunkering vessels.

In October last year, the shipbuilder secured orders from Purus and GSX Energy to build LNG bunkering and supply vessels.

Under the deal with Purus, CIMC SOE will build two 18,900-cbm vessels, while it will construct two 20,000-cbm LNG bunkering vessels for GSX Energy.

VesselsValue data suggests that the 18,900-cbm newbuild could be worth apprixmately $87 million, and the 20,000-cbm newbuild could be worth approximately $89-90 million.

Other CIMC SOE orders include two 20,000-cbm bunkering vessels for Belgium’s Somtrans, one 20,000-cbm vessel from Singapore’s Equatorial Marine Fuel Management Services, one 12,000-cbm vessel for compatriot Fuzhou Wuyang Refined Oil Trading, one 12,500-cbm and one 20,000-cbm vessel for Vitol, and two 20,000-cbm vessels for UK-based Avenir LNG.