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Liquefied Natural Gas Transportation

• Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) has been identified as the fuel for India's power plants and as feedstock for chemical/petrochemical industry.
• SCI has identified carriage of LNG as one of its thrust and growth areas, and has its presence in the Petronet LNG project (PLL).

India LNG Transport Company No.1 & 2 Ltd.

• SCI along with its consortium partners, viz. premier Japanese shipping lines & a Qatari Shipping Company formed two Joint Venture Companies (JVC) at Malta; i.e. India LNG Transport Co. No.1 Ltd. & India LNG Transport Co. No.2 Ltd. for the construction, ownership and operation of two LNG tankers, viz. S.S. Disha and S.S. Raahi. Both the ships are chartered on a long-term 25 year Time Charter with PLL.
• These vessels were delivered on 09.01.2004 and 16.12.2004 respectively.
• SCI's equity stake in each of the JVC’s is 29.08%.
• SCI has taken over as manager for the technical and commercial operations of the two ships with effect from 01.01.2009.
• Cargo Carried till 20.08.10 from inception is 30.28 MMT.

India LNG Transport Company No. 3 Ltd.

• SCI with its consortium of Japanese Partners & a Qatari Shipping Company has formed a JVC at Malta for constructing, owning and operating one LNG tanker of 154,800 cbm for the PLL Dahej Expansion Project. MT Aseem owned by India LNG Transport Company No. 3 Ltd. was delivered on 16.11.09. SCI has taken up the role of the manning agent for the tanker and operating it with full SCI manning with its officers and crew on board right from the delivery.
• The Time Charter Agreement will be for a period of 25 years, i.e. until 2034. This tanker will supply an additional 2.5 million metric tons of LNG per year to the Dahej Terminal of M/s Petronet LNG Limited.
• SCI's stake in the joint venture is 26%.

India LNG Transport Company No. 4 Pte. Ltd

•  SCI with its consortium of Japanese Partners formed a JVC in Singapore for constructing, owning and operating one LNG tanker of 173,000 cbm  fortransporting  1.44 million  metric tons of LNG from Gorgon, Australia  to India for charterers Petronet LNG Ltd (PLL).  MT Prachi owned by India LNG Transport Company No. 4 Ltd. was delivered on 30.11.2016.  PLL took shareholding in ILT 4 post the delivery of thevessel.  
• SCI owns 26% shareholding in the  joint venture.SCI is also the manager for ILT4 and handles the techno-commercial operations since the delivery of the vessel.
•  On 01.01.2018, PLL novated the charter party in favour of Exxon Mobil LNG Services B.V., Netherlands who are the current charterers of MT Prachi. Post novation, the tanker  is transporting LNG from  Gorgon, Australia   primarily to disports in China,  Japan and India.  The Time Charter Agreement will be for a period of 19 years i.e., until 2035.