TOKYO: The liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier LNG Enterprise, owned by France LNG Shipping (a French ship-owning company jointly owned by NYK and Geogas LNG) and under a long-term charter contract with TotalEnergies Gas & Power Ltd, was delivered on September 30, 2021. The vessel was built at Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. in Korea.

The LNG carrier will be equipped with a WinGD X-DF diesel engine that can operate on fuel oil or boil off gas stored in its cargo tank. The LNG carrier has a cargo tank capacity of 174,000 cubic meters and a membrane-type tank that will make use of advanced insulating materials to reduce the boil-off rate (percentage of gas volume that vaporizes during navigation).