April 20, 2024
Industrials
DSME delivers icebreaking LNG carrier
[THE INVESTOR] Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, a leading global shipyard, said on March 28 that it has successfully delivered the world’s first icebreaking liquefied natural gas carrier to a Russian client.
In 2014, DSME clinched a deal from Russia’s state-run shipper Sovcomflot to build an icebreaking LNG ship. The contract marked the first time that such a vessel was ordered.
In that year, the South Korean shipbuilder clinched deals valued at a combined US$14.8 billion from Russia, Japan and Canada, to build a total of 15 icebreaking LNG carriers.
The ship delivered is 299 meters long and 50 meters wide, and can carry 173,600 cubic meters of LNG, the shipyard said.
The carrier, costing about $320 million, will be used in developing a gas field on the Yamal Peninsula, in the western part of Siberia, the shipbuilder said.
By Alex Lee and newswires (alexlee@heraldcorp.com)
In 2014, DSME clinched a deal from Russia’s state-run shipper Sovcomflot to build an icebreaking LNG ship. The contract marked the first time that such a vessel was ordered.
In that year, the South Korean shipbuilder clinched deals valued at a combined US$14.8 billion from Russia, Japan and Canada, to build a total of 15 icebreaking LNG carriers.
The ship delivered is 299 meters long and 50 meters wide, and can carry 173,600 cubic meters of LNG, the shipyard said.
The carrier, costing about $320 million, will be used in developing a gas field on the Yamal Peninsula, in the western part of Siberia, the shipbuilder said.
By Alex Lee and newswires (alexlee@heraldcorp.com)
