LNG Shipping

Traditional shipowner and shipmanager Schulte Group has strengthened its LNG business with its acquisition of PRONAV.

Flex LNG has taken delivery of the Flex Endeavour, its first LNGC newbuilding.

Not many people had expected the US to turn to Europe for natural gas this winter.

Harris Pye has opened a new office in Busan to keep pace with demand.

A production issue affecting the Chevron-led Angola LNG export facility has prompted the cancellation of a tender.

Exxon Mobil’s Papua New Guinea’s LNG export plant launched a tender on 8 January.

Gail India launched a tender on 7 January to buy LNG cargo for delivery on 6 – 22 February.

The DirectLink LNG allows LNG to be discharged from existing LNG tankers to land and supply customers located in remote places.

AIDAnova will be the first cruise ship fully powered by LNG.

TMS CARDIFF GAS has announced a time charter with TOTAL for seven years and has placed newbuilding orders of the X Carrier Series of LNG ships.

Gail India has tendered to buy LNG for delivery between 20 January and 10 February.

Qatar Petroleum’s merger of LNG producers Qatargas and RasGas will save the company US$550 million annually.

Beijing’s crackdown on pollution has put China on track to overtake Japan this year as the world’s biggest importer of natural gas.

GasLog has ordered a newbuild vessel with XDF propulsion from Samsung Heavy Industries.

Government data published on 2 January showed that output jumped 7.9% to beat a 2011 record.