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Nakilat recently participated in the Qatar Shipping Forum 2018 held at Marriott Doha hotel, which gathered local shipping and maritime professionals. This is the first such forum to be organized in Qatar by DNV GL, one of the world’s leading providers of marine classification services, marine risk management and licensing. The event provided a great platform for discussions on the latest trends and challenges facing the global maritime industry.

Nakilat recently donated information technology (IT) equipment to Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS), a charitable non-governmental organization (NGO). This contribution comes as part of the company’s ongoing commitment in supporting the various initiatives driven by QRCS, to support the charitable services the company provides as one of the leading institutions in the field of humanitarian and charitable work.

Nakilat is participating in the Gastech 2018 Exhibition and Conference currently taking place in Barcelona, Spain from 17 to 20 September 2018.

Nakilat Damen Shipyards Qatar (NDSQ) has successfully delivered its first two newbuilds of fast luxury superyachts. The two 71-meter highly-complex fast diving vessels (FDV), are the first superyacht-quality newbuilds constructed entirely at Qatar’s world-class Erhama Bin Jaber Al Jalahma Shipyard. Adapted from the Damen ‘Sea-Axe’ fast yacht support vessel, these customized FDVs are designed and built to the highest standards, ensuring excellent performance, ease of maintenance and enhanced safety features.

Nakilat achieved another historical milestone today with the signing of an agreement with Excelerate Energy-USA, to establish a joint-venture company and acquire a 55% interest in a floating storage regasification unit (FSRU), the first such vessel to join the Nakilat fleet.

Nakilat held its bi-annual Fleet Officers Meeting (FOM) from 30 April to 1 May 2018 in Doha. The event was attended by officers from Nakilat’s LNG and LPG fleets, including those working onboard the vessels recently transitioned to Nakilat-management.

Nakilat announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2018 with a net profit of QR 217 million compared to QR 191.4 million of the same period last year in 2017, with an increase of 13%.