Medmax LNG carriers for Universal

Universal Shipbuilding Corporation in Japan has received an order for the construction of two 75,000m³ LNG carriers from Mediterranean LNG Transport Corporation and Skikda LNG Transport Corporation. The gas tankers will be put in service for the shipment of LNG from Algeria to European countries located along the Mediterranean Sea coast. The carriers are designed to have the optimal size for the Mediterranean Sea and are called Mediterranean Max.

Algeria is the second largest LNG exporting country in the world after Indonesia.

In the Mediterranean area many medium and small LNG carriers are in service although most carriers are 30 years old or more and, in the next ten years, these vessels will be replaced by newbuildings.