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Engineering (DSME) for the tank design of construction of LNG carriers in September 2017, including the construction
two Floating LNG Storage Units (FSUs1), the of a Mark III technology mock-up.
largest such units ever built, on behalf of the incorporating membrane The shipyard plans to specialise in the
Russian company GTLK. construction of large-capacity vessels, ice-class
Each FSU will have a capacity of 361,600 tank systems ships, special vessels and marine equipment
cubic metres and will be fitted with the NO96 or offshore platforms. Construction of
GW membrane cryogenic containment GTT has signed a technical assistance and LNGC is one of the priority directions of the
system, a technology developed by GTT. Their licence agreement (TALA) with the Russian production program of the shipyard.
delivery is scheduled for the end of 2022. shipyard Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex for Philippe Berterottière, chairman and CEO
These two FSUs will be located respectively the construction of LNG Carriers (LNGC), of GTT declared: “We are pleased to count
in the Murmansk region and in the Bay of using GTT membrane tank solutions. Zvezda among our new-building partners
Kamchatka in the Russian Federation. The This contract represents a new step forward and to participate in the development of
will be employed in the Arctic LNG 2 project in the deployment of GTT technologies in new LNG infrastructures in Russia. The
of the Russian LNG producer Novatek. Russia. In particular, it will allow Zvezda conclusion of this contract is the prelude to
GTT, June 30, 2020 to build ARC7 ice breaking LNGCs, fitted a lasting partnership between GTT’s French
with the GTT membrane storage system: technologies and Zvezda’s expertise.”
GTT and Zvezda Shipbuilding these highly innovative and unique LNGCs Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex, added on this
Sergey Tseluyko, general director of
are intended to transport LNG produced in
Complex sign a technical Russia. occasion: “We are very proud to be licensed
by GTT for membrane technologies. This will
Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex has been
assistance and licence formed by the Zvezda Far Eastern Shipyard allow us to offer reliable LNG solutions with
GTT’s technologies in Russia.”
and the consortium of Rosneftegaz, Rosneft
agreement for the and Gazprombank. Zvezda obtained its GTT GTT, July 02, 2020
license after a qualification process that began

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