By GMM Technologies | 2024-03-12 | Ship Building News |

Alpha Gas S.A., the shipping firm headquartered in Greece, has taken delivery of a new LNG carrier, “ENERGY FORTITUDE,” from Hyundai Samho (HSHI).

Alpha Gas signed the contract for the construction of three 174,000-cubic-meter LNG carriers. The first ship, “ENERGY FIDELITY,” was delivered in April 2023, and the second one, “ENERGY FORTITUDE,” was delivered in January 2024.

The ENERGY FORTITUDE is the last of three vessels to be delivered by Hyundai Samho to Alpha Gas. The new vessel is propelled with XDF engines, has an LNG carrying capacity of 174,000 cubic meters, and is equipped with the latest fuel-saving technologies. The ship’s features include an air lubrication system, two shaft generators, an air resistance shield, and a highly efficient full reliquification system.

The newly delivered ship will sail under the flag of the Marshall Islands. AIS data indicates that the vessel departed from the Mokpo shipyard on Tuesday, March 5.

With the inclusion of its newest vessel, Alpha Gas currently has a fleet of eight LNG carriers. These vessels have a wide range of main engine technologies, such as TFDE, MEGI, and XDF. Besides LNG carriers, Alpha Gas also has four VLGC and VLAC carriers on order in South Korea that are scheduled to be delivered in 2026 and 2027.

Hyundai Samho is building in total three 174,000-cbm LNG carriers for Alpha Gas and this is the last vessel in this batch.

In April 2023, the shipbuilder delivered the first LNG carrier in this batch, Energy Fidelity, and launched the second vessel, Energy Endurance, same year.

The first vessel serves Jera Global Markets, a joint venture of Japan’s Jera and France’s EDF, under a charter deal.

Prior to this new delivery, Alpha Gas welcomed the 174,300-cbm Energy Intelligence into is fleet in June 2021.

This LNG carrier and its sister carrier Energy Integrity are on charter to a unit of SEFE, previously known as Gazprom Germania and now controlled by the German government.

In addition to these vessels, Alpha Gas took delivery of Energy Endeavour in 2021, Energy Pacific in 2020, and Energy Atlantic in 2015.