Bonny Gas Transport is a subsidiary of

Nigeria LNG Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) is a liquefied natural gas (LNG)-producing company and a liquefied natural gas plant on Bonny Island, Nigeria. History Nigeria LNG Limited was incorporated as a limited liability company on 17 May 1989, to produce LNG ...

or NLNG which itself is an incorporated joint-venture of

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited is a state-owned oil company in Nigeria. Still a fully-owned government company, it was transformed from a corporation into a limited liability company in July 2022. NNPC Limited is the on ...

(NNPC), Shell Gas B.V., TotalEnergies Gaz & Electricite Holdings and Eni International N.A. N. V. S.àr.l. It owns and operates a number of

LNG Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas (predominantly methane, CH4, with some mixture of ethane, C2H6) that has been cooled to liquid form for ease and safety of non-pressurized storage or transport. It takes up about 1/600th the volume o ...

tankers.Helderline website with overview of ships operated b
BGT Bermuda Shell
visited 21 April 2012

The company

Bonny Gas Transport Limited, initially named Enellengee Limited, was incorporated in 1989 following the incorporation of Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), to provide shipping capacity for NLNG. BGT owns and operates LNG tankers that transport NLNG’s products to its buyers. The Company is owned by NLNG and its shareholders.

Activities

BGT was set up 1989 by Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) to transport all LNG gas produced by NLNG to customers.

Fleet

The website Helderline provides an overview of 13 of these ships. Helderline website with overview of ships sailing fo
BGT Bermuda Shell
visited 21 April 2012

Fleetlist

, the company owned and operated the following LNG carriers:

Former fleet

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!flag !former name or notes !disposition , - , ''LNG Abuja'' , 1980 ,

General Dynamics General Dynamics Corporation (GD) is an American publicly traded aerospace and defense corporation headquartered in Reston, Virginia. As of 2020, it was the fifth largest defense contractor in the world by arms sales and fifth largest in the Unit ...

buildnr:54 , 7619587 , 93.619 , , Lake Charles (1980–2000) , sold 2015 (Golar, $19 million); scrapped 2021 , - , ''LNG Bonny'' , 1981 ,

Kockums Saab Kockums AB is a shipyard headquartered in Malmö, Sweden, owned by the Swedish defence company Saab AB. Saab Kockums AB is further operational in Muskö, Docksta, and Karlskrona. While having a history of civil vessel construction, Kocku ...

Shipyard
buildnr: 559 , 7708948 , 71.472 , , Rhenania (1981–1991) , sold 2015; scrapped 2021 , - , ''LNG Edo'' , 1980 , General Dynamics
buildnr:53 , 7619587 , 93.619 , , Louisiana (1980–2000)
sistership of LNG Abuja; nearly capsized 2010 , sold 2015; scrapped 2021 , - , ''LNG Finima'' , 1984 , Kockums Shipyard
buildr:564 , 7702401 , 71.472 , , LNG 564 (1984–1991)
sistership of LNG Bonny , sold 2015; scrapped 2020 , - , '' LNG Lagos'' , , 1977 , ,

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buildnr:26 , , 7360124 , , 68.122 , , , , '' MV Gastor'' (1977–1993) , sold 2015; scrapped 2018 , - , '' LNG Port Harcourt'' , , 1976 , , Chantiers de l'Atlantique
buildnr:B26 , , 7360136 , , 68.122 , , , , '' MV Nestor'' (1976–1993)
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Sources and references

Shell plc subsidiaries Shipping companies of Nigeria Transport companies established in 1989 Gas shipping companies Tanker shipping companies