LNG Shipping

Gasum is due to build a customer terminal in Vaskiluoto, Vaasa, which will supply LNG to Wasaline’s new LNG-fuelled ferry and Wärtsilä’s new Smart Technology Hub.

Woodside Energy Trading Singapore has entered into a seven year LNG sale and purchase agreement with RWE Supply & Trading.

JAX LNG and TOTE Services conduct their first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering of a foreign-flagged vessel at JAXPORT.

Baker Botts LLP has announced that Julie Mayo has joined the EPT Section of its Global Projects Department in Houston.

US LNG exports will exceed natural gas exports by pipeline in the first and fourth quarters of 2021 and on an annual basis in 2022, according to US EIA forecasts.

The Ministry of Non-Renewable Natural Resources of Ecuador has granted SYCAR approval to trade natural gas, LNG, and CNG for the industrial market in Ecuador.

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services and Seaspan Corporation have announced a strategic agreement for the long-term charter of 10 LNG dual-fuel container vessels.

Seaspan Corporation has entered into agreements with a major shipyard for 10 dual-fuel LNG containership new-builds.

Kongsberg Maritime has won a contract to deliver deck machinery for a Novatek Ice Class LNG carrier.

ICE is set to launch LNG freight futures based on Spark Commodities’ assessments in a key milestone for global natural gas markets.

Høglund has signed a contract to supply the LNG fuel gas supply system (FGSS) for three German federal waterways and shipping administration new-builds.

GTT has received an order from Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries for the tank design of a new LNG carrier.

Höegh LNG Holdings has agreed interim LNG carrier time charter extensions with Trafigura and Cheniere.

The Panama Canal set a new monthly record for transits and tonnage of LNG vessels in January, as a result of the recent surge in the energy market.

In SEA-LNG’s 2021 Outlook for LNG, Peter Keller (SEA-LNG chairman) outlines the fundamental binary choice facing new-builds in 2021.