GTT to take tank builder’s role for Ponant ship

France’s GTT is to work as an engineering procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for the first time taking responsibility for two custom-built LNG bunker tanks that will be built and fitted into a Ponant cruiseship newbuilding in Norway’s Vard shipyard.

Inking a contract this week, chairman and chief executive Philippe Berterottiere told TradeWinds GTT will appoint its own licenced outfitters to build one 3,000-cbm LNG bunker tank to be sited in the mid-ships section of the ship.