Shanghai Cosco Shipping LNG Investment, a unit of CSET, will take a 50 percent stake in each of the six shipowning entities established by MOL in Liberia, according to a ...
Each of the world’s largest LNG vessels will be 344 meters long, 53.6 meters wide, and will have a draft of 12 meters.
The QC-Max vessels also feature WinGD dual-fuel propulsion, a reliquefaction system, an air lubrication system, and GTT’s NO96 Super+ containment tech. They have five storage tanks.
QatarEnergy previously signed long-term time charter party (TCP) agreements with four shipowners for the operation of 18 QC-Max vessels.
The company signed a charter deal with compatriot shipping firm Nakilat for nine LNG carriers.
Moreover, affiliates of China Merchants Group, Shandong Marine Group, and China LNG Shipping, of which Cosco Shipping Energy Transportation holds 50 percent, will operate nine of these vessels.
CMES will operate four vessels, Shandong Marine Energy three, and CLNG two.
Currently, the world’s largest LNG carriers are Qatar’s Q-Max vessels, which are about 345 meters long and have a capacity of 263,000-266,000 cbm.
Nakilat owns 14 Q-Max LNG carriers built by Hanwha Ocean (DSME) and Samsung Heavy between 2008 and 2010.
They all transport LNG from the giant Ras Laffan LNG complex in Qatar to customers around the globe.
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