Chinese shipbuilder Hudong-Zhonghua has held a steel-cutting ceremony for two liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers it is building for a Malaysian and a Chinese client.
The ships in question – H1894A and H1887A – are 174,000 cubic meters, fifth-generation Changheng series LNG ships developed and designed by the Chinese firm, with a total length of 299 meters, a beam of 46.4 meters, and a depth of 26.25 meters. The steel-cutting ceremony for the duo was held on September 24.
The former is destined for a Petronas project, and the latter will be working at Phase II of an undisclosed CNOOC project. According to Hudong-Zhonghua, both are described as featuring several low-carbon, energy-saving technologies, boasting low energy consumption, good low-temperature performance, strong cargo capacity, and smart operation and maintenance.
The shipbuilder claims these technologies can help reduce carbon emissions of a single day of sailing by more than 10 tons. As the company is striving to complete the annual production goals, September was a busy month, seeing the start of the construction of five new ships.
Earlier this month, Hudong-Zhonghua held a naming ceremony for the first two conventional-size LNG vessels under QatarEnergy ’s historic fleet expansion program . The vessels were named Rex Tillerson and Umm Ghuwailina .
As part of the expansion program, the Qatari giant ordered 24 LNG vessels from China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), to be built at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard – six QC-Max tankers in September and 18 in April . With a capacity of 271,000 cubic meters, these are said to be the largest LNG ships ever built.