LNG Shipping

Containerships has received its first newbuild LNG-powered container vessel at the Wenchong Shipyard, Guangzhou, China.

Carnival Corp’s first LNG-fuelled vessel, the 'AIDAnova', has been launched in Germany and begun its maiden voyage.

According to Reuters, the head of Novatek, Leonid Mikhelson, has stated that the company needs to increase the speed of construction of LNG reloading facilities after the US criticised Norway for helping it to tranship gas.

Cheniere has announced that the first commissioning cargo of LNG has been shipped from its Corpus Christi liquefaction facility in Texas.

Aker Arctic has announced that the naming ceremony for the Arctic condensate tanker Boris Sokolov has been held at Guangzhou Shipyard International.

The Alfa Laval Gas Combustion Unit (GCU) has been chosen for boil-off gas management on more than half of the LNG carriers built during 2018.

GTT has announced that it has received an order from a Korean shipyard concerning the tank design of two 174 000 m3 LNG carriers.

NYK has signed long-term contracts with DGI, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation, for the charter of three newly built LNG carriers.

Australia has overtaken Qatar as the world’s largest LNG exporter for the month of November 2018.

The global LNG carriers market is expected to post a CAGR of nearly 5% during the period 2019 – 2023.

India’s Petronet LNG is seeking to sign a 1 million t US LNG purchase deal in a year’s time.

The LNG tanker ‘Seri Cemar’ is due to make a delivery at the Isle of Grain terminal in the UK on 11 December.

NYK Line has announced that it has signed a long-term contract with Total Gas & Power Chartering Ltd, a subsidiary of Total.

ABS has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Korea Marine Equipment Research Institute to create a new facility dedicated to improving the safety of LNG as fuel.

ADNOC Logistics & Services and INPEX Corporation have signed a framework agreement for an LNG bunkering partnership in the UAE.