LNG Shipping

Qatargas has delivered the first cargo of LNG on a Q-Flex vessel to Petrobangla’s MLNG terminal, located offshore Bangladesh.

Chart Industries, Inc. has announced that it has been awarded a contract by LGM Engineering to supply four LNG fuel tanks for their marine fuel gas systems.

Tellurian and Petronet have signed an MOU for up to 5 million tpy of LNG through equity investment in the Driftwood project.

Lloyd’s Register has agreed a JDP with CMES, GTT, CNOOC and DSIC, to design the first in a new generation of LNG-fuelled VLCCs.

The LNG tanker ‘Ramelia’ has been delivered to Rederi AB Älvtank, becoming the sixth of eight vessels ordered in the Gothia Tanker Alliance series.

Wärtsilä will supply its LNG cargo handling system for a new LNG bunker barge being built in the US.

Boskalis associate Smit Lamnalco has signed the first 10-year terminal services contract for the Mozambique offshore LNG developments.

GTT obtains AiP from Bureau Veritas for its Mark III Flex technology for ice-breaking LNG carriers.

ABS has launched the industry’s first ‘LNG Cargo Ready’ notation at Gastech 2019 in Houston.

Argentina is expected to emerge as a new source of LNG supply to Asia during peak demand periods, according to research from Wood Mackenzie discussed at Gastech.

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. has participated in the first LNG bunkering trial in the Port of Kobe, onboard the LNG-fuelled tugboat ‘Ishin’.

Vitol has announced a long-term LNG time charter contract with H-Line.

GTT has received an order from HHI and SHI for the tank design of six very large ethane carriers.

Vitol and ENH have announced the launch of ENH Energy Trading, a joint venture commodity trading company.

Demand for small scale units must balance business case against local regulations and longer term energy market risks, says Tor-Ivar Guttlesrod, ABS