French LNG containment system designer GTT informed it has signed a cooperation deal with the South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering for the industrialization of its NO96 Max technology.
Under the deal, DSME will build a mock-up aiming at validating both the assembly and the cryogenic performance of the membrane containment system, and includes a study on the adaptation of industrial means in order to optimize manufacturing costs, GTT said on Wednesday.
According to GTT, the NO96 Max technology is an “ optimized version of the NO96 system”, used in more than 120 vessels to date.
This technology has already received AIPs (approval in principal) from the main classification societies.