Manufacture of LNG carrier

Under the good market situation, Korean shipbuilding enterprises began to "cluster" in the field of LNG ship construction. On the basis of only three companies, Hyundai Heavy Industry Group, Samsung Heavy Industry Group and Daewoo Shipbuilding Ocean, Hanjin Heavy Industry Group, STX Shipbuilding Group and the newly established Chengdong Shipbuilding Group participated in the LNG shipbuilding market, further pushing the market competition to a fever. In recent years, Hyundai Heavy Industries Group of Korea, Samsung Heavy Industries and Daewoo Shipbuilding Ocean have taken almost all the orders of large LNG carriers in the international LNG carrier market, especially the orders of super-large LNG carriers with more than 200,000 cubic meters have been taken over by Samsung and Daewoo, and the above three shipping companies have occupied more than 80% of the international LNG carrier market. In order to further improve its competitiveness, Hyundai Heavy Industry began to develop and innovate LNG carriers on the flat ground on the basis of successfully building cruise ships and LPG carriers. It is estimated that the production and construction capacity of LNG ships will reach 14 ships. Samsung Heavy Industries and Daewoo Shipbuilding Ocean are also expanding the capacity of LNG carriers, which will reach 15 and 13 respectively.

1995-2000, Hanjin Heavy Industry built four LNG carriers for Korean LNG importers. However, after 2000, Hanjin Heavy Industry shifted its focus to the field of large container ships and stopped the construction and order taking of LNG ships. Since last year, Hanjin Heavy Industry has indicated that it will return to the LNG ship construction market, and it is planned that the annual production and construction capacity of LNG ships will reach 10 or more. Before the project, we accepted the order of 6.5438+0.53 million cubic meters LNG ship, and officially started construction on April 20th. STX Shipbuilding Company's development goal is to surpass the modern Sanhu Heavy Industry and become a global shipbuilding company, so LNG is also listed as one of the key shipbuilding types with high added value. In 2005, STX Shipbuilding established a cooperative relationship with GTT Company of France, and GTT Company provided the design and development technology of LNG carriers. In April this year, STX Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. cooperated with West African enterprises and took orders for four LNG ships, each with an average price of 250 million US dollars. STX Shipbuilding Company said that it will further strengthen its offensive against LNG sea waybills in the international shipping market in the future.

Sanhu Heavy Industry once built cruise ships and chemical product carriers (PC), and with the support of modern heavy industry, it also began to set foot in the construction of LNG ships, with the production and construction capacity of three LNG ships. The first LNG ship built in the first quarter of this year has officially started construction.

Chengdong Shipbuilding is developed by small shipyards, and its main business is to produce hull segmented structures for large shipbuilding enterprises. In the past two years, it has developed rapidly through mergers and acquisitions and the support of local governments. We have also established a cooperative relationship with French GTT company, absorbed the technology of GTT LNG ship, and will participate in the LNG ship market competition in the next step.

South Korea is the country with the strongest LNG ship construction equipment and actual construction capacity in the world, but the core technology of its LNG ship comes from GTT company in France, so every time an LNG ship is built, the Korean shipyard will pay GTT company about 6.5438+million dollars in patent fees. Therefore, the Korean government and shipping companies are determined to work together to break through the technical difficulties and develop the key technologies of LNG carriers belonging to South Korea.