With demand for floating LNG (FLNG) facilities being widely predicted to rise, ABS has granted approval in principle to a design concept that could simplify FLNG construction.
The design, jointly developed by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (K Line) and JGC Corporation (JGC), supported by Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, involves transferring and reusing LNG cargo tanks from spherical tank (Moss tank) LNG carriers in the hulls of new FLNG facilities.
By re-using...