TANKER TECHNOLOGY
7 LNG Carriers Worth
$1.75 Billion Ordered
Korea Gas Corp. has awarded
seven liquefied natural gas (LNG)
carrier orders to four domestic
firms. Reports indicate that
Hyundai Merchant Marine Co.,
Yukong Line Ltd. and Hanjin
Shipping Co. each won orders for
two carriers, and Korea Line Corp.
was contracted for one carrier.
Each selected firm teamed up
with a shipbuilding company:
Hyundai with Hyundai Heavy
Industries Co.; Yukong with
Samsung Heavy Industries Ltd.;
Hanjin with Hanjin Heavy
Industries Co.; and Korea Line
with Daewoo Heavy Industries Co.
South Korea, which does not pro-
duce natural gas, but plans to have
the carriers ready for operation in
the year 2000 for transporting
LNG imports. Each LNG carrier
is estimated to cost approximately
$250 million, bringing the seven-
ship order total to about $1.75 bil-
lion.
Lisnave Gets Conversion
Contract
Lisnave-Estaleiros Navais de
Lisboa won two contracts worth 17
billion escudos to be carried out
this year. One contract, worth
$61.6 million, is to convert
Peregrine VI, a gas transport ves-
sel with a capacity of 130,000 tons,
into a ship capable of working on
oil terminals. The second contract,
worth $32 million, is for work on a
ship belonging to Brazilian oil
company Petrobras.
For more information on Lisnave
Circle 198 on Reader Service Card
Danyard Delivers Chem
Tanker To Stolt Nielsen
Stolt Parcel Tankers Inc., a sub-
sidiary of Stolt-Nielsen SA, has
taken delivery of the fourth in a
series of seven 37,000-dwt chemi-
cal carriers being built by
Danyard, a subsidiary of
Denmark's J. Lauritzen Holding
A/S.
NASSCO Selected To Design
New Tanker For BP
National Steel And
Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO)
has announced that it has been
selected to design a million-barrel-
capacity, double-hull tanker for
British Petroleum (BP), with
options for two more vessels.
The design development phase
for the new commercial ship will
be a joint project with BP and
Maritime Overseas Corporation
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(MOC) — the operating agent for
Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc.
— whom BP has selected to oper-
ate the first of up to three ships.
In addition to the BP design
contract, NASSCO is part of the
team led by Northrop Grumman
that has been selected as one of
three teams to design the Navy's
21st century Arsenal Ship for the
Defense Advanced Research
Project Agency (DARPA). The
company is also currently complet-
ing work on the third of three
Sealift Conversion ships.
For more information
on NASSCO
Circle 199 on Reader Service Card
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The Parabolic Antenna Gauge
is used on most types of tankers
carrying various cargoes.
The Fast Opening Parabolic
Antenna Gauge is used on
tankers carrying hot and sticky
products such as asphalt/bitumen
or molten sulphur.
The Cone Antenna Gauge is
used on small tankers, in shallow
tanks and where space
on deck is limited.
The LPG/LNG Gauge is used
on tankers carrying liquefied gas.
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