M.V. Habshan, LNG powered VLCC

Last month, Adnoc Logistics and Services, a division of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, took delivery of a Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) powered very large crude carrier (VLCC) from South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean (previously Daewoo Shipbuilding & Engineering). She is the second in a series of four dual-fuel VLCC’s for delivery this year, the first in series M.V. Hafeet having been delivered in June.

Built by Hanwha Ocean, Okpo Shipyard, South Korea

Owned and operated by Adnoc Logistics and Services

LOA 336m

Beam 60m

GRT 161,000 tons

DWT 300,000 tonnes

 

Adnoc Logistics and Services has committed about $2 billion to building more environmentally efficient vessels and claims to have reduced the carbon intensity of its owned fleet by more than 20 percent since 2018.

Adnoc’s first shipment of crude oil from Das Island UAE in 1962 using a BP tanker

As part of an ambitious expansion program, the company has committed about $2 billion to building more environmentally efficient vessels and claims to have reduced the carbon intensity of its owned fleet by more than 20 percent since 2018. The company claims to have the largest and most diversified fleet in the Middle East, with more than 200 vessels transporting crude oil, refined products, dry bulk, containerized cargo, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and LNG.

In April 2022, the company announced the signing of a contract for the construction of two 175,000 cubic metre LNG carriers to be built at the Jiangnan Shipyard in China for delivery in 2025.

Founded in 1971, Adnoc is wholly owned by the Government of Abu Dhabi.

 

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