Lloyd's Register wins contract for largest LNG carriers
Lloyd's Register has won the classification contract for four
155,000 cu m Technigaz Mk III membrane-type LNG carriers, ordered
by BP Shipping at Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) with a further
four options. These ships are the largest LNG carriers ordered to
date.
The ships are also noteworthy in that they will have dual fuel
diesel electric propulsion and will be the first LNG ships with
this type of propulsion to be built in Korea. Only a handful of LNG
carriers in the world feature this form of propulsion, with most
owners and operators opting for steam turbines.
The last of the first four ships will be built at Hyundai's
Samho yard, representing this particular yard's first LNG
carrier.
The BP ships are intended for trade in the Atlantic basin and
will serve, among others, Trinidad and Tobago's Atlantic LNG
project, the UK, the US and Spain.
Lloyd's Register already classes three of BP Shipping's LNG
carriers, all built at Samsung and delivered in 2002-2003: British
Trader, British Innovator and British Merchant.
"The winning of this contract confirms Lloyd's Register's
position as the number one classification society for LNG
carriers," says Tony Bingham, Lloyd's Register's Global LNG
Business Manager. "Our technical experience and expertise, coupled
with an unrivalled number of fully trained and qualified LNG
surveyors uniquely enables us to provide shipowners and yards with
the high quality classification service they require."
Ends.
Notes to editors
- Lloyd's Register is an independent risk management
organisation. The Lloyd's Register Group works to help improve its
clients' quality, safety, environmental and business performance
throughout the world. Its expertise and activities cover shipping,
railways, other land-based industries and oil and gas.
- Lloyd's Register classes 56 LNG carriers in the existing fleet,
representing 37% of the world fleet by cargo volume. Of the 93 LNG
ships currently to order, 35 are being built to Lloyd's Register
class, also representing a market share of 37%. Lloyd's Register is
the overall market leader for all three major containment system
types, with 29 Moss-type ships, 31 GTT GazTransport N096-type ships
and 16 GTT Technigaz Mk III-type ships in class.
- The Lloyd's Register Group provides services to the entire LNG
chain - from upstream (drilling rigs, exploration, liquefaction
plant, LNG shore side storage, tanks) to midstream (shipping,
pipelines, classification services) and through to downstream
(receiving terminals, storage tanks, distribution). The Lloyd's
Register Group also provides consultancy services such as risk
analysis, consequence assessment and due diligence studies on
behalf of financial institutions.
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