Recently, CSSC Wuhan Marine Machinery Plant (WMMP) successfully won the bid for the anchor winch and steering gear project of 24 Qatar 271,000 cubic meters LNG liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers from Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding. This batch of LNG carriers is an important part of the “Qatar Historic Ship Construction Plan”, and the relevant supporting equipment will be delivered successively from 2026 to 2032.
In 2020, China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) and Qatar Petroleum Development (Qatar Energy) jointly signed the “CSSC-Qatar Petroleum LNG Carrier Construction Project” agreement. The total amount of the order involved exceeded RMB 20 billion, which is the largest shipbuilding export order undertaken by Chinese shipbuilders so far. In the “Qatar Historic Ship Construction Plan”, Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding has cumulatively undertaken 24 ultra-large LNG carriers with a capacity of 271,000 cubic meters and 12 large LNG carriers with a capacity of 174,000 cubic meters. And all the LNG carriers will use WMMP’s manufactured anchor winches and steering gears.
The successful acceptance of the batch order for ship supporting equipment shows that the ship supporting equipment professionally produced and manufactured by WMMP not only has superior performance, but its excellent quality is also recognized by customers.