Ship&Offshore | Issue 04/2023
Fibre optic condition monitoring for LNG carriers
Two separate consortia, with a total of eight LNG carriers under construction at China State Shipbuilding Corporation subsidiary Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding for Qatar’s North Field project, have chosen fibre optic hull condition monitoring systems from Oslo-based Light Structures AS. The Norwegian company will provide the LNG carrier operators with precise hull monitoring data based on the standardised SensfibTM Global system configured and optimised for the ships’ hull design. The sensors record accurate data on ‘global bending moments’, Light Structures explained in a statement....