The number of orders for handheld LNG ships from China's Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding has increased to nearly 60.

On March 6, according to Pudong News, Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, jointly with China Shipbuilding Trading Company, officially signed the second batch of 2+2 174,000 cubic meter large liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers construction contract with Malaysian International Shipping Company. With this, the cooperation orders between the two parties have increased to 5+5 vessels. Hudong-Zhonghua now has nearly 60 LNG carrier orders in hand.