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ビンゴ 5 予想 CESI Qingdao ビンゴ 5 予想
- 2nd in series of 6 Newbuilding LNG Carriers to Serve Project -

January 10, 2017


At the naming and delivery ceremony on January 6

TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Junichiro Ikeda) today announced that the ビンゴ 5 予想 CESI Qingdao - ordered by a joint venture of ビンゴ 5 予想, China COSCO Shipping Corporation Limited (China COSCO Shipping) and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (SINOPEC) - was delivered at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd. (Hudong) on January 6.

TheCESI Qingdao is the second vessel to serve the China FOB Transportation Project" (*1) announced in April 2013, and will sail under a long-term charter to transport LNG that SINOPEC purchases from the Australia Pacific LNG project.

A total of 6 LNG carriers will be built at Hudong for the project. The first vessel, the CESI Gladstone, was delivered at the end of October, 2016. (*2) The remaining four will be delivered in succession by 2018.

ビンゴ 5 予想 strives to meet expanding and diversified transport needs associated with growing worldwide demand for LNG by leveraging the experience accumulated in international joint projects, while providing value-added transport services to customers around the world.

(*1) Please refer to the press release "ビンゴ 5 予想's Participation in China FOB Transportation Project" on April 30, 2013.

(*2) Please refer to the press release "ビンゴ 5 予想 CESI Gladstone Delivered for SINOPEC LNG Project" on November 1, 2016.

[ Outline of CESI Qingdao]

Length : 290.0m
Breadth : 45.60m
Draft : 11.70m
LNG Tank : Membrane type
Cargo Tank Capacity : 174,100m3
Main Engine : Dual fuel diesel electric
Speed : 19.5 knots
Shipyard : Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd
Ship Management Company : China Energy Ship Management Co., Limited
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (ビンゴ 5 予想) 20%,
China Energy Shipping Investment Co., Limited(*3) (CESI) 80%
Ownership : ビンゴ 5 予想 20%, CESI 80%

(*3) JV of China COSCO Shipping 51%/SINOPEC: 49%