LNG Shipping

Milaha has announced that its subsidiary, Qatar Shipping Co. WLL, has entered into an agreement for acquiring the entire stake of Qatar Investment Authority in Nakilat, representing 5.9% of Nakilat’s share capital.

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has been awarded a contract for the transportation of a large number of modules for a North American LNG export facility.

GTT has announced that it has received an order from Samsung Heavy Industries concerning the tank design of a new 174 000 m3 LNG carrier on behalf of a European shipowner.

A new report from Rystad Energy has identified five themes that will shape global gas markets in 2019.

Titan LNG has announced that it has joined forces with Fluxys to build the FlexFueler 002 – a bunkering pontoon to make LNG more widely available as shipping fuel in the Antwerp port and region.

Since it began production in December 2017, Russia’s Yamal LNG project has shipped 10 million t of LNG.

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has announced that the Mozambique LNG project has signed a sale and purchase agreement with Shell.

Eesti Gas has completed its 1500th LNG bunkering operation with the ‘Megastar’ ferry, operating between Tallinn and Helsinki.

Golar LNG Partners LP has announced that its board of directors has approved a quarterly cash distribution with respect to the quarter ended 31 December 2018 of US$0.4042 per common and general partner unit.

Dynagas LNG Partners LP has declared a cash distribution of US$0.7231 per unit on its Series B Fixed to Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units for the period from and including 23 October 2018 to, but excluding, 22 February 2019.

GTT has received an order from an Asian shipyard concerning the tank design of two new LNG carriers.

ABS has announced that it has launched its new guide to assist shipyards and barge operators: ‘The Guide for Building and Classing Liquefied Gas Tank Barges with Remote Control and Monitoring of Essential Systems’.

Asian LNG spot prices have fallen below the UK’s current gas price, prompting the redirection of several LNG cargoes from Asia to Europe.

ClassNK has granted AIP to Kawasaki Heavy Industries for their latest project on an LNG-fuelled 207K DWT bulk carrier design.

India’s Gail is selling several US Gulf LNG cargoes in response to a shortage of LNG tankers able to ship to India.