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.
The American Bureau of Shipping, the US classification society, said it granted approval to a 174,000 cubic metres capacity LNG carrier being constricted at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding in China, strengthening its position in the Chinese market.
The Chinese Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai has held a naming ceremony for the second of four LNG vessels scheduled to ship volumes from the Royal Dutch Shell-owned Queensland Curtis coal-seam-gas-to-LNG plant in eastern Australia to terminals in China.
Chinese shipbuilder Wison Offshore and Marine said it had developed a multi-functional carrier named the “Wison LNG Distributor” with the integrated functions to unload at terminals, carry out bunkering and deliver containers, all aimed at the regional distribution market.