QatarEnergy has signed another three agreements to secure even more LNG shipping, this time chartering what the company calls QC-Max vessels that would be built in China. 

QatarEnergy signed long-term charter party agreements for four liquefied natural gas vessels from China Merchants Group, three vessels from Shandong Marine Group and two vessels from China LNG Shipping Holdings Ltd. Those companies would operate the vessels, which are part of 18 massive LNG carriers that would be built in Hudong-Zhonghua shipyards. 

All nine vessels would have a capacity of 271,000 cubic meters, or well above more conventional ships today that typically carry about 174,000 cubic meters. 

Since 2022, QatarEnergy has signed long-term charter agreements for more than 100 conventional ships as...