SK Spica (IMO 9761815) — LNG carrier, 174k m³

Specification

IMO number: 9761815
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
GEM vessel ID: imo:9761815

Not reported for any vessel in this release: MMSI, flag, length overall, gross tonnage. Data coverage counts what each dataset reports.

Build and technology

Shipyard

Samsung Heavy IndustriesSouth Korea · delivered 2018

Cargo containment

Not reported

Owners and operators

Stakes exactly as GEM reports them for this vessel.

Owners

SK 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
Flex Rainbow	9709037	Operating	174,000	Membrane (system not specified)	MAN ME-GI
Flex Ranger	9709025	Operating	174,000	Membrane (system not specified)	MAN ME-GI
GasLog Genoa	9744013	Operating	174,000	Membrane (system not specified)	WinGD X-DF
Marvel Falcon	9760768	Operating	174,000	Membrane (system not specified)	WinGD X-DF
Marvel Hawk	9760770	Operating	174,000	Membrane (system not specified)	WinGD X-DF
SK Serenity	9761803	Operating	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.

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Reference

LNG Atlas. (2026). SK Spica (IMO 9761815) — LNG carrier, 174k m³. https://lngatlas.org/carrier/sk-spica-9761815/ Data: Global Gas Infrastructure Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, June 2026, CC BY 4.0.

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BibTeX entry

@misc{lngatlascarrierskspica97618152026,
  author = {{LNG Atlas}},
  title = {SK Spica (IMO 9761815) — LNG carrier, 174k m³},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://lngatlas.org/carrier/sk-spica-9761815/},
  note = {Data: Global Gas Infrastructure Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, June 2026, CC BY 4.0},
}