QatarEnergy inaugurates four LNG vessels, the first from Korean shipyards in its historic shipbuilding program

Doha, Qatar:QatarEnergy inaugurated four new conventional size LNG vessels built in the Samsung Heavy Industries Shipyard and the Hanwha Ocean Shipyar...

Doha, Qatar: QatarEnergy inaugurated four new conventional-size LNG vessels built in the Samsung Heavy Industries Shipyard and the Hanwha Ocean Shipyard in the Republic of Korea as part of QatarEnergy’s historic fleet expansion program.

The four new vessels, “Id’asah”, “Nuaijah”, “Umm Swayyah”, and “Lebrethah” are part of 128 total vessels ordered from Korean and Chinese shipyards as part of the largest shipbuilding program in the history of the LNG shipping industry.

The naming of the vessels took place in two separate ceremonies in the city of Geoje, the first of which was held at the Samsung Heavy Industries Shipyard for the “Id’asah”, the first to be delivered by Samsung.