Qatar Gas Transport Company Limited (Nakilat) has announced the naming of nine new vessels at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, Hanwha Ocean, and HD Hyundai Samho shipyards in South Korea. The vessels include seven LNG carriers (Al Ghuwair, Al Jazi, Al Mirzam, Maqdeem, Al Nasraniya, Energy Vigour, and Energy Voyager) and two LPG/ammonia carriers (Energy South and Energy East). As previously reported by ship.energy, LPG/ammonia carrier Energy North was named in September. Five of the seven LNG carriers named form part of Nakilat’s program to build 25 conventional-size LNG carriers at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries and Hanwha Ocean. These 25 vessels […]

The 53 orders for alternative fuelled vessels last month marked a 77% increase on the 30 that were registered in October 2025, according to the latest figures from DNV’s Alternative Fuels Insight (AFI) platform. LNG accounted for 30 of October’s orders of which 18 were for containerships. The remaining 12 were for car carriers. The month also saw 19 orders for LPG carriers while four ammonia-fuelled car carriers were added to the database. The latest figures bring the total number of alternative-fuelled vessels ordered in 2026 to 364, 57% higher than over the same period in 2025. LNG continues to […]

Energy company BGN has signed a contract with HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI) for the construction of four additional 93,000 cubic metre (cbm) LPG dual-fuel very large gas carriers (VLGC). The agreement was signed at a ceremony in Istanbul last week. The vessels will be built in South Korea and are expected to be delivered in January 2030. Once delivered, the order will increase BGN’s owned LPG VLGC fleet from 19 to 23 vessels. The latest investment brings BGN’s total number of new dual-fuel VLGCs contracted with HD HHI in 2026 to 10 vessels, following agreements for four 90,000 […]