LNG

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Conrad Shipyard have secured Approval in Principle (AIP) from the American Bureau of Shipping for the basic design of a US-built LNG bunkering barge.

Securing project finance and offtake commitments are at the core of an in-principle agreement (AiP), signed between Cong Thanh Thermal Power JSC, Korea’s Doosan Enerbility and the PECC2 construction group for the 4,500 MW Cong Thanh LNG-to-power project. Phase 1 entails a 1.5 GW plant, to be scaled by to 3 GW at a later stage.

China’s COSCO Shipping (Qidong) Offshore and the COSCO shipyard (Nantong) have received approval in principle (AiP) from the Norwegian classification society DNV, along with a main scantling approval for their new concept for a floating liquefaction and storage unit. The innovative new FLNG concept reflects the industry’s drive for flexible, lower-carbon energy solutions, commented DNV’s regional manager for greater China, Norbert Kray.

Hyundai Heavy Industries, the South Korean shipbuilder, was granted approval for a floating LNG power plant by French maritime classification society Bureau Veritas.

The American Bureau of Shipping, the US maritime classification society, has granted approval to a deepwater floating liquefied natural gas production hull designed by Hyundai Heavy Industries of South Korea.

The American Bureau of Shipping, the US maritime classification society, built on its position as the principal classifier for Chinese LNG shipbuilders by granting approval to a new LNG carrier design at the Jiangnan Shipyard Group of Shanghai.