Year joined SIGTTO:
2007
Location:
Middle East, Qatar
LNG & LPG Ship Operator
"The contacts that Nakilat has made with all the key players in the industry through the Society’s busy schedule of meetings each year have proved to be invaluable. In addition to the participation in working groups and forums on important topics to the industry, Nakilat, like all other members, has gained substantial benefits from its SIGTTO affiliation through the provision of technical advice and exclusive access to the latest guidelines and information impacting the industry."
Established in 2004, Nakilat is a shipping and maritime company based in the State of Qatar. With the world’s largest Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) shipping fleet comprising of 69 LNG carriers, the company provides the essential transportation link in Qatar’s LNG supply chain. The company also jointly owns one floating storage regasification unit (FSRU). Through its wholly-owned subsidiary Nakilat Shipping Qatar Limited (NSQL), the company manages and operates four very large LPG carriers (VLGCs) and 22 LNG carriers.
In addition to its core shipping activities, Nakilat operates the Erhama Bin Jaber Al Jalahma Shipyard in Ras Laffan Industrial City, providing comprehensive ship repair and offshore fabrication services via strategic joint ventures: Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM) and Qatar Fabrication Company (QFAB). It also provides shipping agency services through Nakilat Agency Company (NAC) at all Qatari Ports and terminals, as well as towage and other marine support services through its joint venture Nakilat SvitzerWijsmuller (NSW). The company’s Vessel Support Unit (VSU) offers chandlery, storage, logistics services for vessels operating in Qatari waters.
(Written in 2019 by Eng Abdullah Fadhalah Al-Sulaiti, Nakilat’s CEO, who has long personal experience of the merits of the Society’s approach to ensuring safe liquefied gas operations)
Nakilat is proud to have been an active Society member for over a decade and I personally am honoured to be one of the longest-serving member of the Society’s Board, having held the position since my appointment at the 2007 Board and Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Houston.
Over the past 13 years I have had the privilege of hosting two Society events in Qatar. Both SIGTTO’s Middle East Regional Forum in April 2014 and, more recently, the 2018 Autumn SIGTTO Board and AGM were held in Doha. My close involvement with the Society at Board level over this time has provided me with an insight into what a great and valuable resource the association and its membership are for meeting the specialist needs of our particular maritime sector.
Other Nakilat participation in the Society’s proceedings, including at meetings of the General Purposes Committee and various working groups, has reinforced our belief in the effectiveness of SIGTTO as the key conduit for safe and efficient gas shipping.
The Society produces the essential operating guidelines that have played a significant part in achievement of the industry’s excellent safety record over the years. It also provides a platform for the gas shipping and terminal sector stakeholders to gain and exchange ideas on industry best practices. The contacts that Nakilat has made with all the key players in the industry through the Society’s busy schedule of meetings each year have proved invaluable.
In addition to the participation in significant forums on topics of mutual interest, Nakilat, like all other members, also gains substantial benefits from its SIGTTO affiliation through the provision of technical advice and exclusive access to the latest policies and information impacting the industry.
These membership benefits are of major importance to Nakilat’s business, given that we are the world’s leading transporter of LNG.
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