Asia LNG news

Samsung Heavy Industries has plans to integrate a digital twin-based ship management platform on PAN OCEAN’s LNG carrier for demonstration.

Bureau Veritas and Hanwha Ocean have announced a joint development project on the structural assessment of independent LNG fuel tanks for ultra large ships.

Bureau Veritas offered its approval in principle for CSSC Hudong Zhonghua’s largest ever LNG carrier design with a capacity of 271 000 cbm, at Gastech 2023.

Asian LNG buyers are navigating a near-term market that is so finely balanced that any supply disruptions or demand upsides could cause significant price volatility according to Mangesh Dilip Patankar, Vice President, APAC Gas and LNG Consulting at Wood Mackenzie.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates that global LNG import capacity is set to expand by 16% by the end of 2024 compared with 2022.

Sea Jade Investment Ltd, a joint venture company formed between China City Gas, Fortune Clean Energy, and Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings Ltd, have signed a newbuilding contract with Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore Co Ltd for two LNG carriers.

ADNOC Gas plc has announced a five-year LNG supply agreement with Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd.

Himalaya Shipping has announced that two of its ships, Mount Norefjell and Mount Matterhorn, have bunkered with LNG in Singapore.

Anegasaki Thermal Power Station New Unit 3, which JERA Co., Inc. has been replacing through its subsidiary, JERA Power Anegasaki G.K., has begun commercial operation.

Maersk and Hong Lam Marine Pte Ltd have successfully conducted Singapore’s first bio-LNG bunkering operation at the Raffles Reserved Anchorage.