LNG Shipping

LNG industry representatives have discussed the development of a standard voyage charter party for the LNG trade.

RS has completed a new phase of surveyors training on classification services for LNG carriers.

United European Car Carriers has signed a contract to construct two dual-fuel LNG car and truck carriers.

An update on calls for and against increased US LNG exports in the wake of the crisis in Ukraine.

Following the recent unrest in Ukraine, the API has reiterated its call for the DOE to approve delayed exports of US LNG.

Sovcomflot’s project financing transaction for LNG carriers has been recognised as one of the best financial transactions of 2013.

Sovcomflot has taken delivery of its latest LNG carrier, the ‘Velikiy Novgorod’.

International classification society RINA has received authorisation from the Danish Maritime Authority to undertake plan approval and surveillance for ships using LNG as fuel.

MOL has signed an agreement to own and charter a new LNG carrier with Tokyo LNG Tanker.

The EU will co-finance a series of studies to develop LNG as a fuel for ships on the Spanish Mediterranean coast.

Speakers will discuss the future of LNG as transport fuel for ships at the Gastech 2014 conference this March.

Alex Field, The Energy Industries Council, UK, looks at the burgeoning demand for LNG in the Asia Pacific region and the changeability of neighbouring LNG markets.

TOTE has celebrated the start of construction of its new Marlin Class, the LNG powered containership.

Wood Mackenzie expects lengthy delays to the Panama Canal expansion to impact the LNG industry.

US company Jensen Maritime has been selected to supply what will be among America’s first LNG bunker barges along the Gulf Coast.