Petronas LNG Ltd. has chartered three newbuild 174,000-cu m LNG carriers from shipowner Hyundai LNG Shipping (HLS). The vessels will primarily be used to lift cargoes from Petronas's 14-million tonne/year LNG Canada liquefaction plant under construction in Kitimat, BC.
Hyundai Heavy Industries will build the LNG-powered vessels under contract with HLS, with staggered delivery starting second-quarter 2024. Petronas’s LNG fleet will total 27 with the addition of these carriers.
LNG Canada completed driving Phase 1 plant piles earlier this month. Driving of the 6,483 now-installed piles started in January 2020. JGC Fluor is the project’s engineering, procurement, and construction contractor.
Partners in LNG Canada are Royal Dutch Shell, Petronas, PetroChina Co. Ltd., Mitsubishi Corp., and Korea Gas Corp.