GTT to Design LNG Carrier Tank for CGC

French LNG containment specialist  GTT as received an order from Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for the tank design of a new LNG carrier for Greek ship-owner Capital Gas Carriers (CGC).

GTT will design the tanks of the vessel, which will be fitted with the Mark III Flex membrane containment system, a technology developed by GTT.

The delivery of the 174,000-cubic meter LNGC ship is planned during the third quarter of 2021, it said.

Philippe Berterottière, Chairman and CEO of GTT, declared: “We are very happy to receive this new order from our long-term partner HHI and to continue to accompany Capital Gas Carriers in its development in the LNG industry.”

Financial or any other details regarding the deal were left undisclosed.