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Katherine Si | Mar 05, 2021

Shenzhen Gas will establish a single ship company in Hong Kong via its Hong Kong subsidiary to purchase a new 79,960 cu m LNG carrier at a cost of $121m. A third party ship manager will be hired to operate the vessel upon delivery.

The vessel will have an annual transportation capacity of 700,000 tons of LNG.

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Shenzhen Gas said it aimed promote the integration of its upstream and downstream of LNG businesses, acquire its own LNG carriers and establish a self-controlled LNG transportation system, during the 14th five-year period.

The company expects LNG carrier investment to generate stable returns given the the increasing demand for LNG.