LNG Shipping

Teekay LNG Partners L.P. has announced that it intends to issue new five-year unsecured bonds in the Norwegian bond market, with part of the net proceeds expected to help fund newbuilding instalments.

BC Ferries has announced that the Salish Orca – a dual-fuel vessel capable of operating on LNG or diesel fuel for propulsion and power generation – has been wrapped in an art decal.

The President and CEO of Qatar Petroleum has concluded a trip to Japan, during which a number of meetings were held on ways to boost cooperation between Japanese customers and partner companies, especially in the LNG trade.

Nakilat recorded a net profit of QR 749 million in 3Q16.

Wärtsilä has announced that it has signed a contract with LaNaval shipyard in Sestao, Spain, for the design and supply of the LNG power and propulsion installation for a new RoRo passenger ferry.

Although the global gas market may be descending into the tunnel of oversupply, Timera Energy suspects that this tunnel is shorter than many people think.

Gaztransport & Technigaz has announced that it has received an order from Samsung Heavy Industries to equip a new LNG carrier with Mark technology.

Elengy has released a statement claiming that, alongside Fosmax, it has successfully reloaded 50 LNG cargoes since it began offering the service in April 2012.

AS Tallink Grupp has signed LNG supply contracts with Estonia’s AS Eesti Gaas and Finland’s Skangas for its new LNG-driven fast ferry, Megastar.

Matrix PDM Engineering has signed a licensing agreement with GTT to offer membrane tank technology.

Air Liquide has announced that it will provide two Turbo-Brayton LNG sub-cooling units for new LNG carriers.

Gas LNG Europe has held a meeting at Reganosa’s facilities in Mugardos, Spain, to analyse the future of the gas sector.

Alexander Harsema-Mensonides, Braemar, USA, looks at how the role of LNG is changing from wholesale to retail markets.

Volkswagen Group has announced that, from 2019 onwards, it will use two LNG-powered vessels to transport vehicles between Europe and North America.

SEA\LNG – a coalition created to accelerate the use of LNG as a marine fuel – has announced that Eagle LNG Partners has been welcomed as the first new industry partner into the coalition.