Japan LNG news

2020’s Gastech Virtual Summit has been credited with putting the spotlight on the importance of gas in the growing demand for energy globally and highlighted the resilience of the industry.

NYK has held a naming ceremony for the first large scale LNG-fuelled pure car and truck carrier to be built in Japan.

Gastech Virtual Summit has opened and will run from 7 to 11 September, delivering exclusive critical insights from Ministers, policy makers, business leaders, disrupters, and innovators.

Singapore’s Minister for Trade & Industry, Chan Chun Sing, will open the Gastech Virtual Summit 2020, taking place digitally from 7 - 11 September.

Japan Petroleum Exploration has brought the second unit of its Fukushima Natural Gas Power Plant online, along with the second phase of the Soma LNG terminal.

Reuters is reporting that the latest market estimates have placed Asian LNG spot cargo prices at a more than six-month high.

Sumitomo Heavy Industries has been granted ‘Approval in Principle’ for a medium-size high-pressure LNG dual-fuelled tanker.

The naming and launching ceremony for Ecobunker Shipping’s first vessel, Ecobunker Tokyo Bay, was recently held at Fukuoka Shipbuilding shipyard.

MOL has announced that the Ohgishima LNG terminal has been visited by the LNG carrier ‘Vladimir Rusanov’ – the first time an ice-breaking LNG carrier has called at Japan.

NOVATEK has shipped the first LNG cargo from the Yamal LNG project to Japan via the Northern Sea Route.