Nakilat, a Qatari LNG transport company, has assumed full ship management and operations of Q-Max LNG carrier Al Ghuwairiya from STASCo (Shell Trading and Shipping Company) with effect from December 1.

This comes as part of the planned and phased transition announced on October 19.

With a cargo carrying capacity of 263,300 cu m, Al Ghuwairiya is wholly-owned by Nakilat and chartered by Qatargas. The vessel built in South Korea by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering was delivered in December 2008 and has been in service ever since.

Al Ghuwairiya is the fourth Q-Max vessel that will come under the management of Nakilat Shipping Qatar Ltd (NSQL) this year, bringing the total number of vessels managed by NSQL to 12, comprising of eight LNG and four LPG carriers. – TradeArabia News Service