Purus said on Monday that HD Hyundai Heavy Industries will build the LNG carrier.
Upon delivery in the fourth quarter of 2027, the vessel will enter a long-term charter with a “leading energy company,” according to the firm.
This latest order brings Purus’s current newbuilding program to a total of ten gas carriers under construction at Hyundai Group-affiliated shipyards.
Purus did not reveal further details regarding the order.
In April, HD Hyundai Samho secured an order to build one LNG carrier for about $262 million.
Hyundai Samho’s parent, HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, said that the shipbuilder will build the vessel for an unidentified owner in Asia and deliver it by December 2027.
Shipbuilding sources told LNG Prime at the time that London-based Purus Marine was behind this order at HD Hyundai Samho.
The sources said that the LNG carrier is expected to serve Japan’s LNG trader and power firm Jera under a charter deal.
Purus Marine’s website shows that its fleet includes four LNG carriers with a capacity of 180,000 cbm.
These are the 2024-built Celsius Greenwich and Celsius Granada, and the 2025-built Celsius Galway and Celsius Guadeloupe.
In 2021, Purus announced the purchase of two 180,000-cbm LNG carriers, with delivery scheduled for 2024.
Purus Marine acquired the LNG carriers in partnership with Denmark’s Celsius Tankers, a unit of Celsius Shipping.
Earlier this year, Celisus said it had signed a long-term deal to charter one newbuild LNG carrier to Jera.
Celsius also confirmed it has ordered its 21st 180,000-cbm LNG carrier, and the vessel will be delivered in 2027.
