ST Engineering's US Marine segment wins building contract

It will build a barge designed to carry 4,000 cubic metres of liquefied natural gas.

The US shipyard of Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering), VT Halter Marine, bagged a contract to build an offshore Liquefied Natural Gas Articulated Tug and Barge (LNG ATB) unit.

According to a press release, the project which was awarded by Quality Liquefied Natural Gas Transport LLC (Q-LNG) will work on America's first LNG-ATB unit.

The barge is designed to carry 4,000 cubic metres of LNG and is designed to meet the requirements of American Bureau of Shipbuilding (ABS) and the International Gas Carrier (IGC) code as an LNG bunkering barge.

VT Halter Marine will work on engineering services for the development and construction of one unit.

The firms did not disclose the worth of the contract. The anticipated delivery date for the unit is in the first quarter of 2020.