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GTT receives an order from Hudong-Zhonghua for the tank design of six new very large LNG Carriers

GTT announces that it has received, in the first quarter of 2025, an order from its partner the Chinese shipyard Hudong-Zhonghua (Group) Co. Ltd. for the tank design of six new very large Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) carriers.

These six LNG carriers will each feature a total capacity of 271,000 m³ and will be fitted with GTT’s NO96 Super+ membrane containment system.

Deliveries of the vessels are scheduled for the second quarter of 2028, the second and third quarters of 2029, the first and third quarters of 2031.

On September 9 last year, Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding and QatarEnergy announced at the same time that they signed a contract for the construction of six of the world’s largest 271,000 m³ ultra-large LNG carriers.

The total value of the order is about US$8 billion (about RMB 57 billion), and the cost of a single vessel is about US$333 million.

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