GTT wins contract to design tanks for six new LNG vessels

Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) has secured a contract from its South Korean associate Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME ) for the tank design of six new liquefied pure fuel carriers (LNGCs).

This order has been granted on behalf of two Asian ship house owners.

Every LNG vessel could have a capability of 174,000m³.

All of the vessels can be put in with the NO96 L03+ membrane containment system designed by GTT.

The NO96 expertise is a cryogenic liner used for the containment of liquefied fuel at low temperatures throughout transport, onshore and offshore storage, at atmospheric stress.

The system options major and secondary membranes which can be produced utilizing Invar, a 36% nickel-steel alloy with a 0.7mm thickness.

The first membrane consists of LNG cargo, and the secondary membrane ensures 100% redundancy with regard to leakage.

These vessels are anticipated to be delivered between the third quarter of 2025 and the fourth quarter of 2026.

Earlier this month, GTT signed technical help and license settlement with China Retailers Heavy Industries-Jiangsu (CMHI-Jiangsu) for the availability of its membrane containment programs to the latter’s new vessels.

Final month, GTT additionally entered into technical help and a license settlement with the Chinese language shipyard Yangzijiang to develop vessels utilizing the corporate’s membrane applied sciences.

The order has been secured for 4 8,000 twenty-foot equal unit (TEU) dual-fuelled container ships from Pacific Worldwide Strains (PIL).