China’s Big Leap In Energy World: Launches Mega LNG Carrier Amid Hormuz Blockade

| Apr 28, 2026, 04:45:51 PM | TOI.in
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China has unveiled one of its largest domestically built LNG carriers, signaling a bold new strategy to protect its energy future from Strait of Hormuz-style disruptions. The giant vessel, Celsius Georgetown, can transport 180,000 cubic meters of LNG and reflects Beijing’s push to diversify supply chains beyond volatile Middle East chokepoints. As global tensions repeatedly threaten oil and gas routes, China is expanding imports from the U.S., Canada and Africa while challenging South Korea’s dominance in the LNG carrier market.

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