GTT has received an order from the Korean shipyard Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for the tank design of a new 174,000 m3 LNG carrier (LNGC), on behalf of the Danish ship-owner Navigare.

GTT notified by SHI for tank design of a new LNG carrier for Navigare
Image for illustrative purposes only - Photo credits: Marcel Coster

The tanks of this unit will be fitted with the Mark III Flex membrane containment system. The vessel’s delivery is scheduled during the first half of 2021.

Philippe Berterottière, Chairman and CEO of GTT, declared: "We are pleased to be entrusted by our partner of excellence SHI to accompany the ship-owner Navigare in its entry into the LNG world on its first LNGC project”.

Source: GTT