On July 29, Dalian COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co., Ltd. (DACKS), a subsidiary of China COSCO SHIPPING Corporation Limited (COSCO SHIPPING Group), finished the construction of a 309,000 DWT LNG dual-fuel very large crude carrier (VLCC) and held its christening ceremony. The vessel is dubbed “ENERGIA VIKING”.
This pioneering vessel represents a remarkable feat as the first of its kind, entirely conceived and constructed by DACKS. Notably, the ship boasts two 5,100-cubic-meter Type C LNG cryogenic storage tanks, the world’s largest for vessels of its class, with an impressive range of up to 19,000 nautical miles, which is nearly enough to circle the equator. (....)