Japan’s NYK and its partners K Line, Malaysia’s MISC, and China’s CLNG have taken delivery of a 174,000-cbm LNG carrier built under the massive QatarEnergy shipbuilding program.
South Korea’s HD Hyundai Heavy Industries delivered Al Zuwair, which will be deployed under a time-charter contract with QatarEnergy, on August 18.
According to NYK, Al Zuwair is the third of 12 new LNG carriers being built for QatarEnergy by the joint venture.
Moreover, this delivery marks the first of these vessels built at HD Hyundai Heavy.
Al Zuwair also represents the first instance in which NYK will provide ship-management services for the consortium.
The 299-meter-long ship is powered by two X-DF 2.1 iCER engines, capable of using fuel oil and boil-off gas as fuel.
Additionally, the vessel is equipped with an air lubrication system and a reliquefaction device that “effectively” uses surplus boil-off gas.
In May, China’s Hudong-Zhonghua delivered the 174,000-cbm LNG carrier, Al Tuwar.
This is the first vessel of a series of LNG carriers that the joint venture will build for QatarEnergy.
It is also the first LNG carrier that NYK is involved in building in China.
Hudong-Zhonghua recently hosted a naming ceremony for the third vessel in this batch.