LNG Shipping

Höegh LNG Partners has completed its purchase of the FSRU, Höegh Gallant, from its subsidiary company, Höegh LNG Holding.

DNV GL has released its new vessel classification rules and made them available online.

Port of Esbjerg has stated that it has successfully completed its first LNG bunkering operation.

Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Co. Ltd has announced that it is to acquire 99.36% of the outstanding ordinary shares in TGE Marine.

Wärtsilä has signed an agreement to ensure the reliable operation of GasLog’s seven LNG carriers.

The Port of Rotterdam has held two meetings for the LNG Masterplan, attended by a number of LNG industry specialists.

MHI has announced that two of its subsidiary companies will begin ship construction in October 2015 at the Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works.

Wilhelmsen Ships Service has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Timm AS.

Anthony Veder has announced that it is to purchase four modern gas carriers from L.G.R. di Navigazione S.p.A.

Beijing Gas has signed a contract with ENGIE for 150 000 m3 of LNG to be imported by November 2015.

Exmar, Flex LNG and Geveran Trading have withdrawn from the previously announced merger transaction.

TGE Marine has signed a new contract, in which it will design the LNG fuel gas and cargo handling systems of a new vessel ordered by Anthony Veder Group.

GTT’s new Mark V containment system has received General Approval for Ship Application by DNV GL.

Reports suggest that Sakhalin II aims to export 18 LNG cargoes by 2018 by selling 6 cargoes per year from 2016.

Cheniere Marketing has agreed to sell up to 24 LNG cargoes to EDF, which is approximately 89 million Btu.