Guangzhou Shipyard Worldwide (GSI), a part of China State Shipbuilding Company (CSSC), has began the development of the primary LNG dual-fuel automobile provider for South Korean delivery large HMM.

The development of the ten,800 CEU automobile provider, which was collectively developed by GSI and Shanghai Ship Analysis and Design Institute, started on February 12 with the groundbreaking ceremony.

The ship options LNG dual-fuel propulsion in addition to ammonia- and methanol-ready capabilities. Additionally it is outfitted with an built-in exhaust gasoline recirculation know-how (EGR), assembly the Worldwide Maritime Group’s Tier III emission requirements.

HMM positioned an order for as much as ten 10,800 CEU LNG twin gasoline automobile carriers on the Chinese language shipyard on the finish of 2023.

The automobile carriers had been ordered on the again of a long-term constitution with South Korean logistics firm Hyundai Glovis.

GSI stated it has obtained almost 40 orders for automobile carriers and constructed and delivered 13 automobile carriers to date.

In Could 2024, Hyundai Glovis booked six 10,800 CEU LNG dual-fuel pure automobile and truck carriers (PCTCs) at GSI, underlining the dominance of Chinese language shipyards because the winners of a lot of the world’s new orders for automobile carriers.