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QatarEnergy doles out $6 billion for 18 huge LNG vessels on historic fleet expansion mission
Qatar’s state-owned energy giant QatarEnergy is bolstering its giant liquefied natural gas (LNG) fleet expansion with a $6 billion deal for 18 ultra-modern QC-Max size LNG vessels, which are said to be the largest LNG ships ever built.
The Qatari heavyweight’s agreement with China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC)will enable the construction of 18 QC-Max size LNG vessels, with a capacity of 271,000 cubic meters each, which will be built at China’s Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard, a CSSC wholly-owned subsidiary. With a total length of 344 meters, a beam of 53.6 meters, a depth of 27.2 meters, and a designed draft of 12 meters, these vessels will adopt a dual-fuel low-speed engine propulsion system and the NO96 Super+ containment system.
While elaborating that the carrying capacity of the ship’s cabin is 57% higher and the energy consumption per ton-mile cargo transportation is 9.9% lower than that of a conventional 174,000-cubic-meter large LNG carrier, CSSC underscores that the vessel’s carbon intensity index (CII) is 23% lower with diversified and optimized draft and loading design enabling the ship to cover major mainstream routes with excellent ship-shore compatibility.
The multibillion-dollar deal for these ships was signed in Beijing by Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, Qatar’s Minister of State for Energy Affairs, President and CEO of QatarEnergy; Chen Jianliang, Chairman of Hudong‐Zhonghua Shipbuilding; and Li Hongtao, Chairman of China Shipbuilding Trading, during a ceremony attended by senior executives from QatarEnergy, QatarEnergy LNG, and China State Shipbuilding Corporation.
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