TMS Cardiff Gas takes delivery of another LNG tanker

Greece-based shipping company TMS Cardiff Gas has taken delivery of another LNG carrier built by South Korea’s shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries.

The newest addition to the shipping company’s fleet is the third in the same series and a sister vessel to recently delivered LNG carriers La Seine and Amberjack LNG.

TMS Cardiff Gas said it delivered Bonito LNG to her charterer, one of the major gas companies, on May 13.

TMS Cardiff Gas
Image: TMS Cardiff Gas

The vessel is capable of transporting 174,000 cubic meters of LNG in GTT’s Mark III Flex containment system.

It features a two-stroke, low-pressure X-DF main engine from WinGD.

TMS Cardiff Gas currently manages a fleet of sixteen LNG carriers out of which eighth more are on order in South Korea.

The Greek LNG shipper plans to take the delivery of these vessels during 2020 and 2021.

Most Popular

Top 5 news of the week July 6-12

LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news stories on our platform during the week of July 6-12, 2026.
spot_img

More News Like This

Tsakos books LNG carrier at HD Hyundai Heavy

Greek shipowner Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN) has ordered one liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier from South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries.

Indonesia’s AKRA forms FSRU JV with BW

Indonesian petroleum and chemicals logistics company AKR Corporindo (AKRA) has formed a joint venture with a unit of Singapore-based gas shipping giant BW to develop an FSRU-based LNG project in Indonesia.

HD Hyundai Heavy to build FSRU, LNG carrier

South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has won contracts worth approximately $574 million to build one floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) and one liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier.

Yang Ming’s LNG-powered vessel named in South Korea

South Korea’s HD Hyundai Heavy Industries held a naming ceremony on Friday for Yang Ming Marine Transport’s LNG dual-fuel container vessel.