On September 29, NYK signed long-term time-charter contracts for four newly-built liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers with NOVATEK Gas & Power Asia Pte. Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of PAO NOVATEK, through a joint venture with a group company of PAO Sovcomflot.
The newly built LNG carriers will be constructed at Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. and are slated for delivery from 2023 to 2024.
The vessels will be equipped with WinGD-made dual-fuel slow-speed diesel engines (i.e., X-DF diesel...