Hanwha Ocean has secured an order price roughly $250 million for 2 very massive ammonia carriers (VLACs) for a shipowner within the Oceania area.
Each VLAC will be capable of transport 93,000 cubic meters (cbm) of ammonia, and will probably be outfitted with eco-friendly expertise, the South Korean shipbuilder mentioned.
In explicit, the ships combine the corporate’s carbon-reduction applied sciences, together with HS4 (Hanwha SmartShip Solution & Service), a sensible ship platform developed by Hanwha Ocean itself, and SGM (Shaft Generator Motor), the newest carbon discount expertise.
The ships will probably be constructed on the Geoje plant and will probably be delivered to the shipowner by the second half of 2027, Hanwha Ocean mentioned.
According to the corporate, this marks the seventh order VLACs prior to now two months.
“The successive orders for eco-friendly carriers are as a result of market’s sturdy perception in Hanwha Ocean’s expertise. We will proceed to develop applied sciences to create requirements for eco-friendly shipbuilding applied sciences,” Hanwha Ocean’s official mentioned.
