GTT scores 2 new LNG carrier tank design orders

French LNG containment specialist GTT has received two new orders, each for the tank design of one new LNG carrier (LNGC).

Gaztransport & Technigaz says it has received both orders at the end of 2021.

Firstly, it will provide the Mark III Flex membrane containment system for Korean shipyard Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries’ new LNGC. The vessel will specifically offer a total cargo capacity of 174,000 cubic metres.

HSHI will deliver this vessel in the last quarter of 2024.

Secondly, GTT will provide its NO96 L03+ membrane containment system for a smaller-capacity LNG carrier. The company received this order from a shipyard whose name remains confidential at this stage

The vessel is scheduled for delivery in the third quarter of 2023.