Japan’s NYK and its Chinese partners CNOOC and China Merchants Energy Shipping have named a newbuild 174,000-cbm LNG carrier at the Hudong-Zhonghua yard in Shanghai.
NYK said in a statement that the ship, owned by Huajing LNG Transport (HLT), was named Greenergy River during a ceremony held on Tuesday.
HLT is a joint venture company comprising NYK, CNOOC Gas and Power Singapore Trading & Marketing(CNOOC SG), a subsidiary of CNOOC, CETS Investment Management (HK), and CMES LNG Project 4, a subsidiary of China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES).
Greenebergy River is the first of a series of six LNG carriers that HLT will deploy for CNOOC SG under this project.
It is also the first China-built LNG carrier involving NYK to be deployed under a long-term charter contract with a Chinese customer, according to the Japanese shipping firm.
From August, the ship is scheduled to transport LNG procured by the CNOOC Group from suppliers worldwide primarily to China.
The vessel will be managed by OPearl LNG Ship Management, a ship-management company established jointly by NYK, CMES, and CETS.
The ship is equipped with a dual-fuel engine that uses fuel oil and boil-off gas (LNG vaporized in cargo tanks during navigation) as fuel.
It is 299 meters long and 46.40 meters wide.