Hyundai Samho orders GTT tank design for 2 new LNGCs

Korean shipyard Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI) has ordered the tank design for two new LNG carriers from French containment specialist GTT.

Hyundai Samho is building these two new LNGCs on behalf of an African ship-owner. The vessels will each offer a cargo capacity of 174,000 cubic metres.

As part of this order, GTT will design the tanks of these ships. The LNGC tanks will feature the Mark III Flex membrane containment system.

The shipyard will deliver the vessels in the first quarter of 2025 to the yet undisclosed shipowner.

In its yearly results report, GTT said 2021 brought multiple successes in the field of LNG carriers. With 68 orders for LNGCs booked during the year, the company’s core business activity now stands at a very high level.