Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Sembawang Shipyard was recently awarded two LNG carriers life extension projects from North West Shelf Shipping Service Company, Australia (NWSSSC).
NWSSSC is the shipping service provider to the vessel owner, International Gas Transportation Company Limited (IGTC), a North West Shelf Venture company registered in Bermuda.
The 20-year-old LNG vessels Northwest Seaeagle and Northwest Sandpiper are scheduled to enter Sembawang Shipyard in June and September 2012 for major repairs and upgrading which, when completed, will further extend the vessels’ trading lives for another 10 years or more.
The awards further reinforce Sembawang Shipyard’s global leadership position in highly specialized LNG carriers’ life extension work after the successful execution of similar life extension work for NWSSSC’s Northwest Sanderling in 2009, Northwest Snipe in 2010 and Northwest Shearwater in 2011.
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LNG World News Staff, May 17, 2012; Image: Shell