French LNG containment specialist GTT has secured several orders from South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries.
GTT said in a statement that the orders include in total five LNG carriers and Samsung Heavy will build the vessels for unidentified international shipowners.
Also, the LNG carriers will each offer a total cargo capacity of between 174,000 cbm and 180,000 cbm.
Paris-based GTT said that the vessels will be fitted with a Mark III family membrane containment system.
GTT did not provide any additional information.
Denmark’s Celsius Tankers, a unit of Celsius Shipping, is the only owner that thas 180,000-cbm vessels on order at Samsung Heavy.
Celsius Tankers ordered one vessel at Samsung Heavy in November last year, boosting its orderbook at SHI to ten 180,000-cbm LNG carriers scheduled for delivery between 2023 and 2026.
As per the other vessels, Samsung Heavy recently won an order for two 174,000-cbm LNG carriers scheduled for delivery by February 2028.
Shipbuilding sources told LNG Prime that US energy giant Chevron is behind this order.
Prior to this order, Samsung Heavy secured a contract from Japan’s MOL to build two LNG carriers and two LNG carriers earlier this year.
The shipbuilder also won two LNG carriers from Japan’s K Line in April.