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The latest news from South Korea:
Today Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned named the first Q-Max (266,000 CBM) LNG Carrier, “MOZAH”, the world’s largest LNG vessel built to date. The special ceremony was held at Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard on Geoje Island.
Muhammad Ghannam, Nakilat Managing Director, said; “The naming of the LNG carrier “MOZAH” […]

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What happens when you let a comedian and elementary students paint a ship? No, the answer isn’t the Norwiegan Gem, it’s the Dream Tanker. Pink Tentacle tells us;
The Dream Tanker, one of the largest liquified natural gas (LNG) tankers in the world, now travels in style. Comedian-turned-painter Jimmy Onishi and 40 elementary school students have […]

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Like It Or Not; It’s Here
Fighting LNG Ship Fires
Originally Published Sept 2007
By Tom Guldner, Marine Firefighting Inc.
First, let me state that this article is neither FOR nor AGAINST Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) in the USA. Its purpose is to understand what it is and how the vessels crew and Land-Based Firefighters and first responders can […]

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gCaptain’s photo of the month is a helicopter shot of LNG Tanker Lokoja (IMO# 9269960). Built by the Korean shipyard Daewoo in 2006 she is owned by BW Gas and chartered to Suez LNG.
What makes this the photo of the month is both the amazing perspective and the photographer himself. gCaptain believes every mariner […]

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Our ship model of the week is the Malaysia International Shipping Company’s (MISC) LNG Tanker Bunga Cenderawasih. The model is of the 17 year old Korean built ship prior to being refurbished by Keppel Verolme in 2005.

This model was built by Maritime Replicas.
Photos of the Bunga Cenderawasih

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The always thorough My Life at Sea blog has the best article I have read to date on the history, inner workings and future of Liquid Natural Gas Carriers. You can read the full article HERE but I’ll share some of the highlights after the jump.

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I have received a few emails regarding Sunday’s story about a DHS agreement to crew one quarter of LNG ships with American mariners. In a post titled Could American Officers on LNG Ships Stop Terrorists From Using Them as WMDs?, Hunt of the Sea Wolves sums up the contrary opinion stating:
Of course, this is all […]

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Breaking news from Massachusetts Maritime Academy. During the graduation speech yesterday a MARAD administrator announced a deal was made with two terminal owners requiring that LNG ships visiting Boston have at least one quarter of its crew be comprised of U.S. mariners.
The Boston Globe informs us:
Sean T. Connaughton, a US Maritime administrator, said the deal […]

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