An LNG carrier controlled by Golar LNG has left a Chinese shipyard following its conversion into a floating storage and regasification unit.

The 140,000-cbm Golar Viking (built 2005) left Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group)'s Huarun Dadong Dockyard on Saturday, after being formally delivered by the shipbuilder on 15 September.

The vessel, which has been painted with its new name LNG Croatia, appears to be heading to South Korea, presumably for cooldown and...