PETALING JAYA: MISC Bhd
via a consortium, has been awarded long-term charter parties by QatarEnergy for five 174,000 metre cube new build liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers to be built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co Ltd.
In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, MISC said the consortium members, which also include Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd and China LNG Shipping (Holdings) Ltd, will each have a 25% equal equity interest in each awarded LNG carrier.
It said MISC has entered into shareholders’ agreements with the consortium through its wholly-owned subsidiary known as Portovenere and Lerici (Labuan) Private Limited.
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