LNG

The American Bureau of Shipping, the US classification society, has awarded an approval in principle to Samsung Heavy Industries for an LNG boil-off gas expander system that will become one of the core technologies of the South Korean shipbuilder for future LNG carriers.

April 5 (LNGJ) - The American Bureau of Shipping granted approval in principle to two new gas carrier designs from Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding of China. The two new vessel designs are for a 200,000 cubic metres capacity LNG carrier and a 147,000 cubic metres capacity Very Large Ethane Carrier.

   “ABS is proud to support the pioneering work of Hudong Zhonghua in the design and delivery of gas carriers,” said Eric Kleess, ABS Senior Vice President for Eastern Hemisphere Operations. “In reviewing novel gas carrier designs, ABS is able to draw on our extensive experience in classification, supporting the safer handling, storage and transport of gas,” added Kleess.

The American Bureau of Shipping, the US classification society, has held its annual China and Hong Kong business gathering at Xiamen port city on China’s southeast coast at which the main issues were LNG fuel and the International Maritime Organization’s sulfur cap for shipping.