Mitsubishi Shipbuilding’s Nagasaki, Japan, Shipyard & Machinery Works yesterday held a christening ceremony for a next-generation LNG carrier that will serve the Freeport, Texas, LNG project. Named Bushu Maru, the vessel is
JULY 22, 2015 — With $960 million in financing secured for its first GoFLNG project (see earlier story), Golar LNG Limited has reached agreements for conversion of a third Moss type LNG
JANUARY 29, 2015 — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received an order for two next-generation 177,000 cu.m. LNG (liquefied natural gas) carriers from Mitsui & Co., Ltd. The order was booked
NOVEMBER 27, 2014 —Shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has completed development of a new design LNG carrier with apple shaped LNG tanks. Evolved from Moss type spherical tanks, their upper half
MAY 14, 2014 — ABS has been awarded a contract for the classification of two innovative “Moss-type” LNG carriers to be built in Korea for Malaysia’s Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas). With 42
MARCH 25, 2013 — Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. are setting up a joint venture company — MI LNG Company, Limited — to handle the design
DECEMBER 11, 2012 — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.’s has started construction of the first of a new generation of eco-friendly “Sayaendo” Series LNG carriers. The LNG carrier will measure 288.0 m LOA,
