MISC Berhad, by way of its wholly-owned subsidiary Portovenere and Lerici (Labuan ) Pte Ltd (PLL), and its consortium companions, have secured long-term time constitution contracts from QatarEnergy for 5 further newbuild liquefied pure gasoline (LNG) carriers.

The consortium companions embody Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (Ok-Line), and China LNG Transport.

Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) is concerned within the building of those new LNG vessels.

Together with the seven long-term time-charter contracts obtained in August, the consortium now has a complete of 12 newbuilding LNG service constitution contracts from QatarEnergy.

The brand new LNG carriers will characteristic eco-friendly applied sciences reminiscent of X-DF 2.1 engines, with Clever Management by the Exhaust Recycling (iCER) System, that can decrease greenhouse gasoline (GHG) emissions.

The 174,000m³ LNG carriers, that are anticipated to be delivered beginning in 2025, shall be utilized by QatarEnergy to move LNG to a number of nations the world over.

MISC president and group CEO Captain Rajalingam Subramaniam stated: “We wish to thank QatarEnergy for his or her persevering with belief and confidence in our joint capabilities and experience in delivering protected, environment friendly, and dependable LNG delivery options.

“We might additionally wish to thank our consortium companions for the help and collaboration in making this award attainable.

“We look ahead to add worth to the partnership as we proceed to play a progressive position within the world LNG.”

MISC has gasoline property and options (GAS) fleets together with 30 LNG carriers, six very massive ethane carriers (VLEC), and two LNG floating storage models (FSUs), with a mixed deadweight tonnage (dwt) capability of greater than two million tonnes.