Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding of China, a unit of CSSC Group, has won a contract to build up to six LNG tankers from Sinopec and China Shipping Group, according to several media reports.

Hudong-Zhonghua will build four 174,000 cbm tankers with an option for a further two.

The vessels will be used to transport LNG from the Australia Pacific LNG Project from which Sinopec is buying 7.6 mtpa, commencing in 2015.