Hanwha Philly SY Philadelphia 2609 (IMO 1140792) — LNG carrier, 174k m³

Specification

IMO number: 1140792
MMSI: Not reported
Vessel type: LNG carrier
Cargo capacity: 174,000 m³
Containment system: Not reported
Containment family: Not reported
Propulsion: Not reported
Boil-off handling: Not reported
Flag: Not reported
Length overall: Not reported
Gross tonnage: Not reported
GEM vessel ID: imo:1140792

Build and technology

Shipyard

Hanwha Philly SYUnited States · delivered 2028

Cargo containment

Not reported

Owners and operators

Stakes exactly as GEM reports them for this vessel.

Owners

Hanwha Shipping

Sister ships

Vessels from the same yard, delivered the same year, with the same cargo capacity to the nearest 1,000 m³. A shared design is likely but not certain.

Vessel	IMO	Status	Capacity	Containment	Propulsion
Hanwha Philly SY Philadelphia 2608	1140780	Under construction	174,000	Not reported	Not reported

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Background on the technology and the terms used on this page.

LNG carrier anatomy
An LNG carrier is a ship built around insulated cargo tanks that hold liquefied gas at minus 162 degrees, with an engine able to burn the cargo vapour that inevitably boils off during the voyage.
Ship classes: conventional, Q-Flex, Q-Max and small-scale
LNG carriers fall into recognised size classes running from small-scale vessels under 30,000 cubic metres, through the 174,000 cubic metre conventional standard, to the 266,000 cubic metre Q-Max ships built for Qatar.
Boil-off and reliquefaction
Boil-off is the small fraction of an LNG cargo that evaporates each day as heat leaks into the tanks, and it is what keeps the rest of the cargo cold.
The voyage cycle: laden, ballast, heel and the return
The LNG voyage cycle is the round trip of a laden leg carrying cargo and a ballast leg returning empty, with a small heel of LNG retained throughout to keep the tanks cold enough to load again on arrival.