Vessel-hungry QatarEnergy is upping its tally of LNG carrier newbuilding berths to 20 declared slots under its huge tender for up to 151 vessels.

Those monitoring the process closely said producer Qatargas, which is handling the process on behalf of compatriot liquefaction giant QatarEnergy, has nudged up its berth numbers by one vessel at both Samsung Heavy Industries and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering to five ships at each yard.