France’s GTT nets LNG tanks design order from DSME

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France's GTT nets LNG tanks design order from DSME
Image courtesy of GTT/Roland Mouron

French LNG containment systems specialist GTT has received an order to design tanks for two liquefied natural gas carriers under construction at the South Korean Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) yard.

Image courtesy of GTT/Roland Mouron

The two vessels will have the capacity to hold 174,000 cubic meters of LNG are being built on behalf of a European ship-owner, GTT said.

GTT’s membrane containment system NO96 GW has been selected for the design of the tanks.

Both vessels are scheduled for delivery in the first semester of 2021.