ABS Approves Latest LNG Containment System from LNT Marine and SDARI
Over 300% Capacity Increase to Support Growing Demand for LNG (OSLO) LNT Marine and Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute (SDARI) received approval in principle (AIP) from ABS for the latest variant of their LNT A-BOX® liquefied natural gas (LNG) containment system, which is more than three times the size of the previous design. The new design is for a 175,000-cubic-meter (m3) LNG carrier, a significant increase in capacity from the earlier 45,000 m3 design installed on the pioneering ABS-classed Saga Dawn carrier for Saga LNG Shipping. The LNT A-BOX system