Teekay Corporation’s Gas team celebrated the keel laying ceremony of six LNG newbuildings at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in South Korea.
Five of these carriers are 173,400 cubic meter MEGI (M-type, Electronically Controlled, Gas Injection) engine LNG newbuildings are under time-charter contracts with Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell). The remaining carrier, H2461, is committed to the Bahrain project.
The newbuildings which are currently under construction at the South Korean shipyard are expected to be deliver between 2017 and 2018. The six blocks total a significant weight of over 50 tons.
Source & Image Credit: Teekay
