The shipbuilder said in a statement on Wednesday that the newbuild (H1930A) is the first “V3.0 version” 18,600-cbm LNG bunkering vessel, and marks its 100th LNG storage and transportation vessel.
This vessel is also the first to be launched from Dock No. 1 at Hudong-Zhonghua’s new shipyard, it said.
In March last year, Hudong-Zhonghua held a steel-cutting ceremony for the newbuild, attended by officials from Spain’s Ibaizabal, Bureau Veritas (BV), and others.
The shipowner of the vessel is Ibaizabal and the operator is TotalEnergies.
Hudong-Zhonghua said the new LNG bunkering vessel is 135.9 meters long, 24.5 meters wide, and 16 meters deep.
In July 2024, Hudong-Zhonghua confirmed that it had secured this order to build one 18,600-cbm LNG bunkering vessel for TotalEnergies.
This new vessel is similar to the 135-meter-long 18,600-cbm LNG bunkering ships, Gas Vitality and Gas Agility, which Hudong-Zhonghua previously built for owner Japan’s MOL and charterer TotalEnergies.
However, this 2.0 version has “better ship-to-shore compatibility, lower energy consumption and emission, and better energy saving and environmental protection,” Hudong-Zhonghua said.
In addition to this newbuild, Hudong-Zhonghua secured another order to build one 18,600-cbm LNG bunkering vessel for TotalEnergies and Ibaizabal in July last year.
This is the optional vessel as part of the 1+1 order announced in July 2024.
Delivery of Greenenergy Wind
Hudong-Zhonghua also announced in the statement the delivery of the 174,000-cbm LNG carrier Greenenergy Wind, which was named last month.
According to the shipbuilder, the vessel was delivered three months ahead of the contracted schedule to Japan’s MOL and Cosco Shipping’s unit CSLNG.
Also, this is the 61st large LNG carrier delivered by Hudong-Zhonghua.
This is the fifth of six LNG carriers MOL, in a partnership with CSLNG, ordered at the shipbuilder in January 2022.
China’s energy giant CNOOC will charter all six LNG carriers, and it is also part of the JV that owns the vessels.
This is the world’s first fifth-generation “Changheng” series LNG carrier.
The 299-meter-long vessel features GTT’s NO96 Super+ containment system and WinGD 5X72DF2.1 dual-fuel main engine.
