Sept 25 (LNGJ) - Japanese shipping company Mitsui OSK Lines said it attended a naming ceremony at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding in China for a newbuild liquefied natural gas carrier jointly ordered with China Cosco Shipping Corp. to serve the Yamal LNG plant in Russia. MOL said that the 174,000 cubic metres capacity vessel was named “LNG Dubhe” after a star in the constellation Ursa Major and is the first of four newbuilds ordered in 2017 for the Yamal LNG project.
MOL and its partners also delivered three ice-breaking LNG carriers to the Russian project between 2018 and early 2019, which are currently engaged in cargo transportation in the Northern Sea Route. “For the time being, ‘LNG Dubue’ will be engaged in the transport of the LNG from trans-shipment terminals in Europe or a location where ship-to-ship transfer operations are carried out,” added MOL.
