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Samsung Heavy launches Minerva LNG tanker

By LNG Prime Staff
Samsung Heavy launches Minerva LNG tanker
Image: Minerva Gas

South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries has launched a 174,000-cbm LNG carrier it built for Greek firm Minerva Gas, a unit of Minerva Marine.

Minerva Gas announced the launch ceremony via its social media on Wednesday.

The LNG carrier Minerva Roxanne (SN2653) was launched on August 23.

Minerva Gas did not provide further information.

Samsung Heavy officially started work on this LNG carrier in November last year and held a keel-laying ceremony in June this year.

VesselsValue data shows that Minerva Gas ordered this LNG carrier and its sister vessel (SN 2652) in November 2022.

Samsung Heavy laid the keel for Minerva Eleonora earlier this year.

These vessels are expected to serve US energy giant ExxonMobil under charter deals.

Minerva Gas will pay about $215 million per vessel.

These ME-GA vessels feature GTT’s Mark III Flex containment system and are scheduled for delivery in 2026.

Minerva Gas currently has five operational LNG carriers.

These vessels are the 2021-built Minerva Chios, Minerva Kalymnos, Minerva Limnos, Minerva Psara, and the 2022-built Minerva Amorgos.

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