Zoe Knutsen (IMO 9946362) — LNG carrier, 174k m³

Specification

IMO number: 9946362
MMSI: Not reported
Vessel type: LNG carrier
Cargo capacity: 174,000 m³
Containment system: Not reported
Containment family: Not reported
Propulsion: WinGD X-DF
Boil-off handling: Not reported
Flag: Not reported
Length overall: Not reported
Gross tonnage: Not reported
GEM vessel ID: imo:9946362

As GEM reports it: containment “Not reported”, propulsion “X-DF”.

Build and technology

Shipyard

HD Hyundai Heavy IndustriesSouth Korea · delivered 2025

Cargo containment

Not reported

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.

WinGDpropulsion

Designs the X-DF low-pressure two-stroke dual-fuel engine family that burns cargo boil-off gas, in service since 2016 and widely fitted to LNG carriers.

Owners and operators

Stakes exactly as GEM reports them for this vessel.

Owners

Knutsen OAS

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
Al Fat H	9981398	Operating	174,000	Not reported	WinGD X-DF
Al Zore	9981386	Operating	174,000	Not reported	WinGD X-DF
Amaryllis Knutsen	9972218	Operating	174,000	Not reported	WinGD X-DF
Ignacy Jan Paderewski	9969388	Operating	174,000	Not reported	WinGD X-DF
Mareekh	9975507	Operating	174,000	Not reported	WinGD X-DF
Mesaieed	9975519	Operating	174,000	Not reported	WinGD X-DF
New Oasis	9947512	Operating	174,000	Not reported	WinGD X-DF
Wadi Al Syl	9981374	Operating	174,000	Not reported	WinGD X-DF

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 III: ME-GI, X-DF and two-stroke gas injection
ME-GI and X-DF are the two families of low-speed two-stroke marine engine burning natural gas, differing in whether gas is injected at high pressure late in the cycle or admitted at low pressure and premixed.
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.