Al-Kaabi confirmed the speculations that the Middle Eastern nation would order the vessels at a press conference held on the sidelines of the launch of TAWTEEN programme, according to The Peninsula.
He explained that Qatar was in advanced negotiations to order between 50 and 60 gas carriers to transport the additional volume of nearly 50 million tonnes of LNG, including the LNG output volume abroad. Al-Kaabi added that the exact number of shipbuilding orders would be known at a later time and depends on customers’ destinations, size of contracts and vessels, and other factors.
