Qatari shipowner Nakilat has taken delivery of a newbuild LNG carrier, Global Star, which it will commercially and technically manage in-house, the company said on January 4.  

Built by South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, it is the second of four newbuilds to be delivered to Global Shipping Co., a joint venture of Nakilat and Maran Ventures. The first newbuild Global Energy was delivered in May last year.  

The fourth will bring Nakilat’s fleet to 74 vessels, which is just under 12% of the current global LNG fleet based on carrying capacity, the company said. 

The four vessels each have a cargo-carrying capacity of 173,400 m³, with two of them being equipped with ME-GI while the other two with X-DF propulsion technologies, Nakilat said, adding that these vessels also feature an optimised hull design.