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Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries launches the first ship for which liquified natural gas constructed to earth
the South Korean yard has already realized 50 ships of other type using this method
October 7, 2013
The ship yard Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI) of the South Korean group Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has launched a ship for which liquified natural gas of the ability to 162.000 cubic metres that - it has emphasized the navalmeccanica company - is the first unit of this constructed type almost entirely to earth. The ship, that it is long 289,0 meters and wide 45,6 meters, is before two tidy units LNG in February 2012 from the Norwegian armament Golar LNG with a total investment of about 400 million dollars. The unit will be delivered the next July after the effettuazione of preparation work, while the second ship will be delivered at the end of 2014.
HSHI has remembered to have already constructed 50 ships of other type to earth, method that has adopted first time in May 2008. The company previews to construct 10 of the 12 ships LNG currently included in the pocketbook of the yard employing this method.
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The ship yard Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI) of the South Korean group Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has launched a ship for which liquified natural gas of the ability to 162.000 cubic metres that - it has emphasized the navalmeccanica company - is the first unit of this constructed type almost entirely to earth. The ship, that it is long 289,0 meters and wide 45,6 meters, is before two tidy units LNG in February 2012 from the Norwegian armament Golar LNG with a total investment of about 400 million dollars. The unit will be delivered the next July after the effettuazione of preparation work, while the second ship will be delivered at the end of 2014.
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