Korean shipyard hosts naming ceremony for QatarEnergy’s 174,000-cbm LNG carrier

A joint venture – sponsored by Japan’s Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line), Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, China LNG Shipping, and MISC through its wholly owned subsidiary, Portovenere and Lerici (Labuan) -held a naming ceremony for a 174,000 cubic meter (cbm) LNG vessel for QatarEnergy at an HD Hyundai Heavy Industries’ facility on July 14.

The newbuild vessel, which expands the Persian Gulf State giant’s fleet, was named Halwan after a source of water in Qatar. This ship is the ninth in a series of 12 LNG vessels that the joint venture has been building for QatarEnergy, and it is the second of three vessels for which K Line is responsible for ship management. The Qatari giant will assign