FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) has announced the start of construction on what it describes as the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier. The state-owned shipbuilding group said the first vessel in the QC-Max class, currently unnamed, has officially entered the construction phase at its Shanghai-based subsidiary Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding. The milestone marks a key step in a major order placed by QatarEnergy, one of the world’s largest LNG producers. RelatedNews Global Ship Lease makes $917M fleet expansion with 10 container vessels BGN orders two dual-fuel VLGCs capable of transporting ammonia var jnews_module_21375199_0_6a29405647abd = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21375199","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"87,1810,1567,1730,1189,236,2115,1363","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","ad