Ilya Mechnikov (IMO 9918030) — LNG carrier, 173k m³

Specification

As GEM reports it: containment “Not reported”, propulsion “DFDE”.

Hanwha OceanSouth Korea · delivered 2025

Not reported

Stakes exactly as GEM reports them for this vessel.

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
Lev Landau	9918016	Operating	172,600	Not reported	DFDE (dual-fuel diesel electric)
Nikolay Basov	9918042	Operating	172,600	Not reported	DFDE (dual-fuel diesel electric)
Nikolay Semenov	9918054	Operating	172,600	Not reported	DFDE (dual-fuel diesel electric)
Pyotr Kapitsa	9918004	Operating	172,600	Not reported	DFDE (dual-fuel diesel electric)
Zhores Alferov	9918028	Operating	172,600	Not reported	DFDE (dual-fuel diesel electric)

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.
Propulsion II: DFDE and TFDE, the dual-fuel era
Dual-fuel diesel electric propulsion uses medium-speed engines burning either boil-off gas or liquid fuel to generate electricity, which drives electric propulsion motors rather than a directly coupled shaft.
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.