LNG Shipping

Nigeria’s federal court has once again ordered NIMASA to end the blockade on Nigeria LNG’s ships.

Gladstone LNG and Queensland Curtis LNG have signed an agreement to interconnect their pipelines.

DSME has reportedly won the contract to build 16 ice-class LNG carriers for the Yamal LNG project in Russia.

Teekay’s two new LNG carriers will be equipped with a combined inert gas generator and combustion unit

Nigeria LNG has declared a force majeure as it’s LNG export terminal has been blockaded by two Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) boats for two weeks.

Total and private equity firm Hellman & Friedman plan to sell their 30% stakes in French cryogenicmembraen manufacturer GTT.

Bureau Veritas has launched an elastic shaft alignment notation on high powered ships, including LNG carriers.

Nigeria LNG’s export terminal in the Bonny Channel has been blockaded by NIMASA over a dispute about maritime taxes. Currently two ships are stuck in port and one cannot enter.

Trelleborg Marine Systems will supply fender systems to QCLNG, Gladstone LNG and Australia Pacific LNG.

LNG companies must battle NIMBYism in 2013 with better tactics.

The API has called on the Department of Energy to quickly approve all remaining applications for permits to export LNG to countries that do not have free trade agreements with the US.

Singapore’s LNG terminal has started its first commercial operations.

NYK and GDF Suez enter time charter of the LNG carrier Grace Barleria.

As the US experiences a shale gas revolution, the question now is, where is all this abundant natural gas going to go?

Natural gas exports are a strong positive for the US economy, the American Petroleum Institute tells the Department of Energy.