A consortium of Chinese companies alongside Wilhelmsen Ship Management has been selected to provide Cyprus’ first ever LNG FSRU.

Partners for the project comprise China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Co and Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding along with Greek companies Aktor SA and Metron SA.

Hudong, a subsidiary of the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), China’s largest shipbuilding group, is China’s largest builder of LNG carriers, with a capacity for six to eight ships in its yard.