So far this year France’s Sobrena, Brest has repaired a total of ten LNG tankers. The main customers have been France’s Gaz Ocean, which has placed repair contracts with Sobrena for the 74,500 m3 GDF Suez Global Energy, and the 154,500 m3 Provalys, which is currently in the shipyard, Norway’s Hoegh LNG – the 147,200 m3 Arctic Lady and the 145,000 m3 GDF Suez Cape Anne, Norway’s BW Gas – the 145,700 m3 LNG Benue and the 141,000 m3 LNG River Niger and Algeria’s SNTM Hyproc – the 129,767 m3 Bachir Chihani and the 126,130 m3 Mourad Didouche. Also repaired this year has been STASCO’s 137,500 m3 LNG Bayelsa and K Line’s 140,000 m3 Arctic Voyager.

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