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MOL’s LNG carrier named in China

By LNG Prime Staff
MOL’s LNG carrier named in China
Image: Hudong-Zhonghua

China’s Hudong-Zhonghua has completed a new 174,000-cbm LNG carrier built for Japan’s MOL and Cosco Shipping’s unit CSLNG.

Hudong-Zhonghua held a naming ceremony for the newbuild vessel Greenenergy Wind on Thursday.

This is the fifth of six LNG carriers MOL, in a partnership with CSLNG, ordered at the shipbuilder in January 2022.

China’s energy giant CNOOC will charter all six LNG carriers, and it is also part of the JV that owns the vessels.

In 2024, Hudong-Zhonghua delivered the first vessel in this batch, Greenergy Ocean.

This is the world’s first fifth-generation “Changheng” series LNG carrier.

The 299-meter-long vessel features GTT’s NO96 Super+ containment system and WinGD 5X72DF2.1 dual-fuel main engine.

Hudong-Zhonghua has been very busy lately with receiving new orders.

Including the most recent MISC order for two LNG carriers, Hudong-Zhonghua has won orders for 12 firm LNG carriers since December last year.

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