Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s biggest shipbuilder, said that the company had won an order for one 155,000 cbm liquefied natural gas carrier worth USD 210 million from Brunei Gas on December 21.
Affiliated shipyard Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI) won an order for four 174,000 cmb LNG carriers worth USD 840 million from Maran Gas on December 20. The contract with Maran Gas includes an option exercisable by the owner for two additional same-class LNG carriers.
These membrane-type LNG carriers, scheduled to be delivered between 2015 and 2016, will feature the Dual Fuel Diesel Engine System (DFDE) which allows the ships to run on diesel fuel or natural gas.
Since its first LNG carrier order in 1991, Hyundai Heavy has built 40 ships for liquefied natural gas. Hyundai Samho Heavy has won orders for 10 LNG
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LNG World News Staff, December 24, 2012; Image: JGC