China’s Hudong-Zhonghua hosted a naming ceremony for one 174,000-cbm liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier built as part of the massive QatarEnergy shipbuilding program.
According to Hudong-Zhonghua, the LNG carrier Al Tuwar was named during a ceremony held on Thursday.
CSSC’s Hudong-Zhonghua said this is the fifth LNG carrier of the same type built under the QatarEnergy shipbuilding program, which includes the construction of 128 ships.
Also, this is the first of a series of 12 LNG carriers that a joint venture company comprising Japan’s NYK, K Line, Malaysia’s MISC, and China’s CLNG will build for QatarEnergy.
It is also the first LNG carrier that NYK is involved in building in China, and the vessel is scheduled to begin transporting LNG to countries around the world in May, NYK said in a separate statement.
The vessel is equipped with the X-DF 2.1 iCER engine, a dual-fuel engine that uses fuel oil and boil-off gas as fuel, and GTT’s NO96 L03+ membrane containment system.
In addition, the 299-meter-long LNG carrier is also equipped with a reliquefaction device that uses surplus boil-off gas.