Samsung Heavy Industries Successfully Launches Cedar FLNG... World's First to Build Three Large FLNG Units Simultaneously

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[Financial News] Samsung Heavy Industries has successfully launched a Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) facility destined for Canada, proving its unrivaled construction competitiveness in the global offshore plant market. In particular, the launch marked an unprecedented milestone as the world's first single shipyard to simultaneously build three large FLNG units, signaling the full-scale dawn of the FLNG mass-production era.
Samsung Heavy Industries said on the 5th that it had successfully completed the launch ceremony for the Cedar LNG floating LNG facility, which is scheduled to be deployed off Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada, at its Geoje Shipyard.
The Cedar FLNG is a nearshore model that receives natural gas from land and can liquefy, store and offload it. Its hull is 2.5 times the size of a soccer field, and its launch weight alone is about 50,000 tons, making it a massive offshore plant. It is scheduled to be delivered to the client in the first half of 2028 after key processes including installation of 2,000- to 7,000-ton topside modules, LNG cargo tank work and commissioning.
Most notably, the launch made Samsung Heavy Industries' Geoje Shipyard the world's first single yard to build three large FLNG units at the same time. At the shipyard's quayside, three units are currently being built in sequence: PETRONAS' ZLNG floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project, Eni S.p.A.'s Coral North FLNG, and now the Cedar FLNG. This shows that Samsung Heavy Industries has firmly established itself as a key hub for global LNG production facilities.
The reason such large offshore plants could be built simultaneously lies in the manufacturing innovation Samsung Heavy Industries has pursued through its smart shipyard. The company organically combined its three X technologies — Digital Transformation (DX), AI Transformation (AX) and RX — based on the Engineering Data Hub (S-EDH), which connects data across design, procurement and production. This has optimized complex offshore plant processes, enabled design and production automation, and established a systematic management system.
About 70 people attended the launch ceremony, including Lee Dong-hyun, head of Samsung Heavy Industries' Offshore Business Division and vice president, Stuart Taylor, senior executive adviser at Pembina Pipeline Corporation, and Brett Baker, project director at Black & Veatch.
Vice President Lee said, "The successful launch of the Cedar FLNG and the world's first simultaneous construction of three units are the result of our smart shipyard manufacturing innovation." He added, "We will lead the 3X transformation, advance our future-oriented smart shipyard and fully prepare for the coming era of FLNG mass production."
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hoya0222@fnnews.com Kim Dong-ho Reporter