LNG

June 16 (LNGJ) - Capital Gas Ship Management Corp. has taken delivery of a new LNG carrier, the “Aristarchos”, built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea. “With cargo capacity of 174,000 cubic metres, the vessel is highly efficient, propelled with XDF engines and equipped with the latest available technologies, including an air lubrication system and increased filling limits of more than 99 percent,” said Capital Gas.

   “It is the third of seven sister ships to be delivered between 2020-2023. The vessel has been chartered to Cheniere for a period up to six years,” said the Piraeus, Greece-based company. Capital Gas is a ship management service provide and currently manages a fleet of seven modern LNG carriers, four under construction and three trading.

Sovcomflot, the Russian shipping line with 16 LNG carriers and an overall fleet of 147 vessels, said it held a ceremony for the naming a new LNG carrier named after a French Pacific maritime explorer.

MISC Berhad, the Malaysian shipping line with a liquefied natural gas carrier fleet of more than 30 vessels, said it had signed time charters for two newbuild LNG carriers with ExxonMobil Corp.

Atlas Copco, the Swedish turbomachinery manufacturer, said its Gas and Process division secured a breakthrough compressors order for the LNG carrier market.