Hyundai Delivers LNG Tanker to Greece

Greece-based Capital Gas Ship Management Corp (CGSM) took delivery January 4 of the newbuild LNG carrier Aristidis I, built by Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries, it said. With cargo capacity of 174,000 m³, the vessel is highly efficient, propelled with XDF engines and equipped with the latest available technologies, including an air lubrication system and increased filling limits (up to 93,5%), it said.

It is the second of seven sister ships to be delivered between 2020-2023. The vessel has been chartered to the shipping division of UK major BP for up to 12 years. CGSM operates a fleet of seven LNG carriers with an average capacity of about or 174,000 m³.