LNG carrier news

Burckhardt Compression has been awarded a contract by Hanwha Ocean to supply 14 boil off gas compressors for seven 174 000 m3 LNG carriers.

Flex LNG Ltd has announced the exercise of contract extensions for two ships and provide an update on the fleet status.

PV GAS has welcomed FAT'H AL KHAIR, an LNG carrying approximately 63 000 t of LNG, at the Thi Vai LNG terminal in Vietnam.

V.Group has announced a strategic partnership with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd (MOL) under which V.Ships will assume full technical management of two of MOL’s state-of-the-art newbuild LNG carriers.

TSUNEISHI YURA DOCKYARD Co., Ltd has completed the prescribed technical training provided by GTT concerning the repair and maintenance of membrane-type LNG carriers and consequently obtained the approved repair yard license.

ICIS has outlined several disruption scenarios to examine the potential implications of the ongoing Strait of Hormuz disruption for European gas prices, LNG availability, and storage levels.

GTT has received an order from Samsung Heavy Industries for the tank design of one new LNG carrier on behalf of a European shipowner.

BW LNG has announced that BW Borealis was delivered from Hanwha Ocean’s Okpo Shipyard in South Korea and has commenced her long-term charter with Equinor.

INPEX JAPAN, LTD has commenced the supply of LNG to Rengo Co., Ltd’s Kanazu Plant in Awara City, Fukui Prefecture, using LNG tank trucks.

The question of nuclear as an alternative fuel for shipping will take centre stage at Posidonia 2026 during a high-level Executive Briefing that will examine the role of advanced nuclear technologies in commercial shipping and near-shore power generation.