MOL to transport equipment for Russian gas project

The Japanese shipping company, MOL, has received the main contract from Chiyotec Limited to handle all Asia-based transport of equipment for the LNG/OET(Oil Export Terminal) part of the Sakhalin II Project. This will be Russia?s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) project and also the world?s largest.

The plant will produce 9.6 million tonnes of LNG a year, mainly for export to Japan. Chiyotec received the order for design and equipment procurement from Sakhalin Energy Investment Company (SEIC), a joint venture company involving Shell (55%), Mitsui (25%), and Mitsubishi (20%).

The deal calls for the transport of 140,000 tonnes of equipment over the next two years from ports in Japan, South Korea, and China to the project site on Sakhalin Island. Two newly build MOL heavy lifters, the ?Gaia Triumph? and the ?Poseidon Triumph? will provide much of the muscle for this massive project, along with containerships and other conventional vessels.

Kuehne & Nagel will handle the coordination, logistics services of material and equipment from the various Asian loading ports in close cooperation with MOL.