Sinopec Gets 6th Carrier for APLNG
Japanese Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has announced that the LNG carrier CESI Lianyungang, which was ordered by the joint venture of MOL, China COSCO Shipping Corporation and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), was delivered at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding May 31.
The CESI Lianyungang is the sixth and the final vessel to serve the LNG transport project for Sinopec announced in April 2013. It will sail under a long-term charter contract to transport LNG that Chinese state-owned Sinopec buys from the Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) project, MOL said June 1.
The vessel has a tank capacity of 174,100 m3 and will be 20% owned by MOL and 80% by China Energy Shipping Investment Company.
The five vessels already delivered for the project continue to provide safe, reliable service under the management of the joint ship management company, MOL said.