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LNG carrier · IMO 9210816

Sohar LNG

Sohar LNG is an operating LNG carrier with 137,200 m³ of cargo capacity. It was built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and delivered in 2001. The vessel uses Moss spherical (Type B) cargo containment and Steam turbine propulsion. It is owned by Asyad Shipping and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines.

OperatingMoss spherical (Type B)

Cargo capacity

137,200 m³

about 61,740 t per full cargo at 450 kg/m³

Delivered

2001

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Sister ships

0

no match in the tracker

Specification

IMO number
9210816
MMSI
Not reported
Vessel type
LNG carrier
Cargo capacity
137,200 m³
Containment system
Moss spherical (Type B)
Containment family
Moss spherical (Type B)
Propulsion
Steam turbine
Boil-off handling
Not reported
Flag
Not reported
Length overall
Not reported
Gross tonnage
Not reported
GEM vessel ID
imo:9210816

As GEM reports it: containment “spherical”, propulsion “steam”.

Build and technology

Shipyard

Mitsubishi Heavy IndustriesJapan · delivered 2001

Cargo containment

Moss spherical (Type B)Moss spherical (Type B) · technology licensed from the system ownerAbout the firm that licenses this system

Firms behind this vessel

Identified from the containment system and engine recorded against the ship, and from firms named on it in our curated list.

Moss Maritimecargo containment

Owns the Moss spherical IMO Type B containment design, used on 145 LNG carriers built since 1973 in sizes from 19,000 to 182,000 cubic metres.

Owners and operators

Stakes exactly as GEM reports them for this vessel.

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.

No other tracked vessel shares this yard, delivery year and capacity.