China’s Jiangnan Shipyard Delivers Largest LPG Gas Carrier
Chinese officials celebrated the delivery today, April 26, for what they are reporting is the world’s largest dual-fuel LPG carrier while highlighting the advanced design feature of the new generation of the ships. The naming ceremony for the Harzand (60,000 dwt) was conducted yesterday at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai.
The vessel is part of what the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) is calling a fourth-generation design that improves fuel efficiency versus the yard’s earlier designs as well as increasing carrying capacity. The Harzand is 754 feet in length with a carry capacity of 93,000 cubic meters of LPG. Ordered in 2020 by Petredec of Singapore, the original order was for three vessels due for delivery in 2023 along with an option that was later exercised for three additional vessels.
