Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 40

5-Oct-2009

QATAR

New LNG Carrier For Naqilat

At a ceremony held on 30 September at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard on Geoje Island, South Korea, Qatars Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry 'Abd Allah al-'Attiyah named a new Q-Max LNG carrier, the 266,000 cu ms Al-Dafna. Naqilats Managing Director Muhammad Ghannam said that the new carrier is the 50th ship to be named in the fleet of 54 vessels that are being built in South...