Eastern Pacific Shipping Takes Delivery of First LNG-Powered LR2 Tanker in China

China’s New Times Shipbuilding said it has delivered the first out of two LNG-powered LR2 tankers to Idan Ofer’s Eastern Pacific Shipping.

The shipbuilder delivered the 110,000-dwt dual-fuel crude oil tanker, Clearocean Emerald, to EPS during a video ceremony on February 15.

New Times Shipbuilding says this is the first such vessel built in China.