DNV Reports Over 2 Dozen LNG-fueled Vessels Ordered in 2 Months

Hapag-Lloyd recently welcomed 23,600-TEU Berlin Express into its fleet – the first ship of its new Hamburg Express class and a vessel powered by LNG.

In an update on social media, DNV principal consultant Martin Christian Wold noted a brief lull for the methanol segment in August, with no ships ordered. Methanol subsequently bounced back in September notching 12 new orders for methanol-powered ships.

Eight 9,200-TEU LNG-fuelled container ships were ordered in September when French container shipping giant CMA CGM placed an order at China’s Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corp.

And this week, Japanese yard Tsuneishi Shipbuilding revealed a new order for four 5,900-TEU methanol-fuelled container ships, but did not reveal the buyer. The current order is Tsuneishi’s third order for methanol-fuelled ships following Mitsui’s orders for two methanol-powered Kamsarmax bulkers placed recently.