GTT receives second wave of super-plus tank orders from Chinese shipyards taking total to 18 new LNG carriers
Gaztransport and Technigaz (GTT), the French maritime LNG storage technology company, has received a second wave of orders from a Chinese shipyard for tanks for 10 more vessels as part of QatarEnergy’s “Hundred Ships Programme” to handle the deliveries from multiple expansion projects in the Arabian Gulf.
Korean shipbuilders move further ahead of China for LNG newbuilds but Chinese still lead on overall vessel types
South Korean shipbuilders, the global leaders in the construction of liquefied natural gas carriers, ranked second in 2023 in terms of new global orders for all types of vessels for a third straight year, though increased their share of the LNG newbuilds market.
Japanese company NYK Line signs charters with Chinese major CNOOC for six China-built LNG carriers
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, the Japanese shipping company known as NYK Line which has a US LNG investment and a fleet of 660 vessels from tankers to containerships and car carriers, has signed six long-term charters for LNG carriers with China National Offshore Oil Corp.
