Nagasaki Ship & Ocean Engineering Department, Shipbuilding & Ocean Development Division Commercial Aviation & Transportation Systems
In recent years, there has been increasing demand for LNG (liquid natural gas), as well as
LNG carriers, both domestically and internationally, with environmental considerations and the
shale gas revolution in the U.S. in the background. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has
developed Sayaendo, a new generation LNG carrier, and is now receiving orders for its
construction. In the midst of this, LNG VENUS, an LNG carrier for Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. and
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd., which was the first Sayaendo ordered, was completed. This paper
presents an overview of Sayaendo together with its features.
