Hyundai Samho awards new LNG tank job to GTT

The vessels will feature GTT’s Mark III Flex membrane containment system. GTT added that HSHI plans to deliver the LNG carriers to an Asian shipowner in the first and second quarters of 2027.

GTT and SWS obtain approval from BV for LNG design

 French LNG containment specialist GTT and Chinese shipbuilder Shanghai Waigaiqiao Shipyard (SWS) have obtained approval in principle from classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) for the design of LNG dual-fuel very large crude carrier. This approval is part of a joint development project (JDP), started by the partners in May 2022. SWS has designed the vessel

GTT’s alternative fuel projects obtain approval from ClassNK

ClassNK has issued four Approvals in Principle (AiPs) for GTT’s following latest development projects in alternative fuels. The four alternative fuel development projects include – Concept of 12,500m3 LNG Dual-fuelled VLCC fitted with Mark III Flex system, Concept of LNG Fuel Tanks with NH3 ready notation that includes material compatibility with NH3, risk assessment and

Chinese shipbuilders move into LNG sector

More Chinese shipbuilders are moving into the LNG carrier construction arena, with China Merchants Heavy Industry Jiangsu (CMHI Jiangsu) sealing a technical assistance and license agreement with French membrane containment system designer GTT. The deal will allow the subsidiary of China Merchants Industry Holdings, and one of the three leading shipbuilding groups in China, to

New concept design developed for ammonia-ready LNG-fuelled VLCC

A partnership between China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES), TotalEnergies, Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co (DSIC) and French membrane containment system designer GTT has developed a new concept design for an ammonia-ready LNG dual-fuelled very large crude carrier (VLCC). The project, launched in 2021 to evaluate the environmental, financial, technical and regulatory implications, resulted in a new

GTT moves ahead on liquefied hydrogen carrier designs

Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) has led world shipping in terms of LNG construction is now making advances into the liquefied hydrogen (LH2) trades. GTT has been granted two approvals in principles (AIPs) from classification society DNV for the design of a membrane type containment system for liquefied hydrogen and for the preliminary concept design of

GTT bags design contract for cryogenic fuel tanks

Engineering firm GTT said it was chosen by Korean shipyard HJ Shipbuilding & Construction to design the cryogenic fuel tanks of two new liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuelled container vessels. The contract was awarded on behalf of a European ship-owner. These vessels, each capable of carrying 7,700 containers, will be equipped with an LNG fuel

New retrofit concept for containership gets AiP

Bureau Veritas (BV) has given its Approval in Principle (AiP) to a new containership retrofit concept that combines conversion to LNG fueling with vessel jumboization. Awarded at a ceremony at Bureau Veritas (BV) headquarters in Paris, the AiP was granted to Joint Development Program (JDP) members GTT, consultancy Alwena Shipping and China’s CHI Zhoushan shipyard.