According to Reuters December 12, Chinese companies are expanding their share of the newly built liquefied natural gas (LNG) transport ship market. The article said that since the construction period of South Korean shipyards has been completed, buyers have begun to purchase such special ships from Chinese shipbuilding companies.
Reuters said that three Chinese shipbuilding companies - only one of which has experience in building LNG transport ships - have won nearly 30% of the 163 orders this year, a data that has refreshed order records. Data provided by Clarkson, a shipping consulting agency, shows that Chinese shipbuilding companies have won orders for 45 LNG carriers this year, worth about US$9.8 billion (about RMB 68.4 billion), about five times the value of orders in 2021. As of the end of November, the number of LNG transport ship orders in Chinese shipbuilding companies increased from 21 to 66. By comparison, Chinese shipbuilding companies built only 9% of the world's existing LNG fleet.
reported that, like the aircraft carrier , LNG transport ships are considered one of the most difficult ships to build, each taking up to 30 months of construction time.
Data released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology at the end of November showed that in terms of the construction of liquefied natural gas ships, the number of my country undertakes has increased to nearly 30% of the world, setting a record high in history. At the China Ship Hudong Shipyard, a new record of parallel construction of nine liquefied natural gas ships was achieved for the first time this year.
