Samsung Heavy bags orders for six LNG carriers

Samsung Heavy said on Monday that it will build the LNG carriers for unidentified owners in Oceania.

Under the first order, Samsung Heavy will build four LNG carriers for 1.43 trillion won ($1.04 billion), or about $260 million per vessel.

The shipbuilder will deliver these LNG carriers by November 2028.

Moreover, Samsung Heavy will build two LNG carriers under the second order.

This order is worth 705.7 billion ($510 million), or $255 million per vessel.

Samsung Heavy will deliver these LNG carriers by January 2028.

The shipbuilder did not provide further details regarding the orders.

Shipbuilding sources told LNG Prime that Denmark’s Celsius Tankers, a unit of Celsius Shipping, is likely behind the order for two LNG carriers.

The sources said that Greece’s TMS Cardiff Gas ordered the four LNG carriers from Samsung Heavy.

Before these orders, Samsung Heavy secured an order for one LNG carrier in January this year, its first LNG carrier order in 2025. This order is also tied to Celsius Tankers.

The shipbuilder also recently won a preliminary contract for Eni’s second FLNG project in Mozambique, Coral Norte (Coral North).

Including the newest contracts, Samsung Heavy booked $4.8 billion in orders this year, achieving 49 percent of its annual target of $9.8 billion.