South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries has delivered the second Knutsen liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier that will go on charter to Poland’s PKN Orlen.
The delivery ceremony for the 174,000-cbm Grazyna Gesicka took place at the yard in Ulsan on April 28, according to a brief social media post by Knutsen LNG France, a unit of Knutsen.
Hyundai Heavy hosted a naming ceremony for this LNG carrier and its sister vessel Lech Kaczynski in December last year.
The 174,000-cbm Lech Kaczynski is already serving PKN Orlen.
Norway’s Knutsen ordered these vessels at Hyundai Heavy in October 2020 for about $187.5 per ship.
PGNiG, now part of PKN Orlen, chartered these carriers to ship its contracted US LNG supplies to Poland for a period of 10 years.
Besides these two newbuilds, PGNiG also took on charter four more newbuild LNG carriers from Knutsen and two from Greece’s Maran Gas for a total of eight and scheduled for delivery by 2025.
LNG carrier to serve Engie
Knutsen LNG France said in the post that South Korea’s Hyundai Samho held a naming ceremony for another 174,000-cbm LNG carrier.
The vessel named Gordon Waters Knutsen will go on charter to France’s Engie.
Knutsen ordered this LNG carrier at Hyundai Samho in April 2021 for about $189 million, according to VesselsValue data.
The Norwegian firm now has seven LNG carriers sailing under the French flag, Knutsen LNG France said.