An LNG carrier controlled by ­Japan’s NYK Line has been selected for use as a floating storage unit (FSU) in an upcoming project in Ghana.

Industry sources name the 127,705-­cbm LNG Flora (built 1993) as the preferred candidate for the ­Helios Investment Partners ­project in the port of Tema, near Accra in the Gulf of Guinea.

MOL and Japanese utilities ­Osaka Gas and Toho Gas also have stakes in the ship.