CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering LPG vessel

Chinese shipyard wins Hartmann LPG order

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Chinese shipbuilder Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering has won an order to build liquefied petroleum tankers for Germany’s Hartmann Group.

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CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering LPG vessel
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The contract includes the construction of three 5000 cubic meter LPG ships and additional order for two vessels.

CIMC SOE, which is a unit of CIMC ENRIC, claims that the vessels will be the world’s first dual-fuelled full-pressure LPG carriers.

The vessels will feature MAN’s LPG dual-fuelled main engine.

CIMC SOE said the deal was signed via a video conference due to the current situation related to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.

The two companies previously joined forces on a number of projects including the liquefied ethylene gas (LEG) carrier Gaschem Beluga.