VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Rising performance, widening options in LNG containment

12 years ago

Dynamic market forces over recent years have spurred enhancements to the principal LNG cargo containment systems, and have fostered the development of new solutions both by established cryogenic specialists and other industry stakeholders; David Tinsley reports.

The recently delivered, 155,000m3-capacity ‘Seishu Maru’ heralds Mitsubishi's Sayaendo concept, using a continuous cover over the Moss spherical tanks

Dynamic market forces over recent years have spurred enhancements to the principal LNG cargo containment systems, and have fostered the development of new solutions both by established cryogenic specialists and other industry stakeholders; David Tinsley reports.