ABS AIP for “K” LINE and JGC’s Innovative FLNG Design
Design Re-uses LNG Carrier Tanks to Simplify FLNG Construction(TOKYO) An innovative concept for a floating LNG (FLNG) vessel utilizing storage tanks from older LNG carriers has been granted approval in principle (AIP) by ABS. The design, jointly developed by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE) and JGC Corporation (JGC), supported by Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, involves transferring and reusing LNG storage tanks from spherical tank (Moss tank) LNG carriers in the hulls of new FLNG facilities. By re-using existing LNG vessels’ Type B storage tanks,