[LNG Prime/August 28, 2024] South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries has delivered another 180,000-cbm LNG carrier to Denmark’s Celsius Tankers, a unit of Celsius Shipping.

Celsius Tech, a joint venture of Celsius Shipping and Hong Kong-based Fleet Management, announced on Wednesday via social media the naming ceremony for the LNG vessel, Celsius Greenwich.

The JV will manage this LNG carrier, such as the previous newbuild Celsius Gandhinagar and other Celsius vessels.

Celsius Tech said this marks its 9th vessel since the project began in 2019.

Also, this is the fifth vessel of ten Celsius has on order at Samsung Heavy and it features MAN ME-GA engine and GTT’s Mark III Flex containment tech.

The first newbuild in this batch, Celsius Geneva, was named in July 2023.

Celsius will take delivery of the five remaining newbuilds during 2024-2026, according to its website.