NYK pens charter deal with CNOOC for 6 LNGCs
Japanese shipping company NYK has concluded a long-term time-charter contract with China’s CNOOC for six LNG carriers, in addition to a shipbuilding contract for the vessels with Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, it said on May 2.
This is NYK's first long-term time-charter contract for an LNG carrier with CNOOC. The six vessels are scheduled to be delivered between 2026 and 2027 and will be mainly engaged in LNG transportation to China.
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NYK has also signed a project head of agreement with a subsidiary of China Merchants Energy Shipping Co., a Chinese shipping company, to jointly own and manage the vessels.
The LNG carriers will be equipped with an X-DF2.1 iCER, a next-generation dual-fuel engine that can operate on fuel oil or boil-off gas stored in its cargo tank, NYK said. The vessels will each have a cargo tank capacity of about 174,000 m3 and a membrane-type tank that will make use of advanced insulating materials to reduce the boil-off rate.