LNG

Bureau Veritas is now issuing both classification and statutory e-certificates following successful pilots with ship owners and flag states.

China surpassed South Korea to become the world’s second-largest importer of LNG in 2017.

BigLift Shipping’s BigLift Baffin arrived in Singapore to deliver a crane boom and luffing frame for Heerema Marine Contractor’s new flag ship Sleipnir.

Gail has launched a tender to buy a LNG cargo for delivery in March.

ExxonMobil Corp has announced that a powerful earthquake in Papua New Guinea this week has not damaged the pipeline that delivers gas to its coastal LNG plant.

Sempra Energy has reported earnings of US$256 million in 2017.

Pieridae engages Morgan Stanley and Société Générale as financial advisors to Goldboro LNG.

Carnival has ordered a third new vessel, fully powered at sea and in port by LNG, for AIDA Cruises.

Asian spot LNG prices for April delivery rose amid renewed Japanese purchases and as supply from the US continued to lag.

Flex LNG has reported unaudited results for the three and twelve months ended 31 December 2017.

The US Coast Guard has issued a Letter of Recommendation to the FERC confirming the suitability of the Brownsville Ship Channel for Texas LNG's marine traffic.

More than US$200 billion of investment in LNG is needed to meet a boom in demand by 2030, according to Royal Dutch Shell.

ExxonMobil Corp will shut the Papua New Guinea LNG plant for at least seven days for inspection for any damage to the facility after an earthquake.

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and Far East Investment and Export Agency sign Memorandum of Understanding regarding cooperation for the development of the Northern Sea Route and Russian Far East.

Alexey Miller and Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif have met to discuss potential LNG supplies to Pakistan.