Welcome to Nakilat

Qatar Gas Transport Company Ltd. (known as “Nakilat”, which means carriers in Arabic) is a Qatari-listed shipping company established by the State of Qatar to own, operate and manage LNG vessels and to provide shipping and marine-related services to a range of participants within the Qatari hydrocarbon sector. Nakilat is an integral component of the supply chain of some of the largest, most advanced energy projects in the world undertaken by Qatar Petroleum, Qatargas, RasGas and their joint venture partners for the State of Qatar.

Nakilat was established in 2004 and is a joint stock company owned 50% by its founding shareholders and 50% by the public. Nakilat owns 54 LNG vessels, making it the largest LNG ship owner in the world. Our fleet of vessels transport LNG produced from Qatar’s North Field, the world’s largest non-associated gas field with approximately 15% of the world’s total proven reserves to global markets. These vessels, ordered from Korean shipyards, incorporate the latest technology for safe, reliable and cost-effective transportation of LNG.

Nakilat has also developed the Erhama Bin Jaber Al Jalahma Shipyard, a new world-class shipbuilding and ship repair facility in the Port of Ras Laffan and has formed a Joint Venture (JV) with Keppel Offshore & Marine, N-KOM (Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine to jointly operate the state-of-the-art ship repair yard. Nakilat also has a JV with Damen Shipyards Group, NDSQ (Nakilat Damen Shipyards Qatar) to manage the construction of high-value small ships (< 120m length) The N-KOM and NDSQ partnerships are both strategic and key to the goal of positioning the State of Qatar as an internationally recognized center of excellence in ship building, repair and conversion.

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