Three of the newly inaugurated ships, named “Lebrethah”, “Nuaijah” and “Umm Swayyah”, mark the first deliveries by Hanwha Ocean Co. Ltd. under QatarEnergy’s LNG fleet expansion program, state-owned QatarEnergy said in a statement.

“This is a historic moment as these three LNG vessels prepare to set sail on their missions across the globe, providing a cleaner and more economic source of energy, and are equipped with state-of-the-art technologies to achieve optimal fuel efficiency and reduce emissions”, Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, president and chief executive of QatarEnergy and energy minister of Qatar, told one of the two separate ceremonies in Geoje, according to the online statement.

The other ship, named “Id’asah”, will also be the first delivery by Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. under the program, QatarEnergy said.

Both the Hanwha Ocean Shipyard and the Samsung Heavy Industries Shipyard are in the city of Geoje on the country’s southern coast. South Korean government representatives attended the ceremonies, QatarEnergy said.

It gave no date when the ships would be deployed.