Image courtesy of Nauticor Hamburg-based Nauticor, a unit of Linde, said the world’s largest LNG bunker vessel, the 7,500-cbm Kairos has started operations in Northwest Europe. Chartered by Blue LNG, a joint venture between Nauticor with a 90 percent share and the Lithuanian energy infrastructure provider KN with a 10 percent share, the ship
Image courtesy of Flex LNG Flex LNG, the company controlled by billionaire John Fredriksen and an emerging player in the LNG shipping business, has made changes to its board. The company said that Georgina Sousa has resigned as a board member of the company. Following the resignation, Flex LNG’s board consists of four
GasLog Hong Kong and Boris Vilkitsky at the Dutch Gate terminal (Image courtesy of Gate) The Gate liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the Dutch port of Rotterdam ticked off a new milestone as it recorded the highest hourly send-out. The facility recorded an hourly send-out of 16,057 MWh for
Image courtesy of Woodside Australian LNG player Woodside Energy signed a long-term gas sale and purchase agreement (GSPA) with Alcoa of Australia for the supply of up to 36.4 PJ of pipeline gas. Supply will commence in 2020 from Woodside’s portfolio of domestic gas facilities, including the North West Shelf,
zoomIllustration purposes only (Image courtesy of Cheniere) Houston-based LNG exporter Cheniere Energy said the first commissioning cargo of liquefied natural gas has loaded and departed from its Corpus Christi liquefaction facility in Texas. The LNG was loaded on the LNG carrier Maria Energy, chartered by Cheniere Marketing, the company said in a statement. Speaking
zoomImage courtesy of Novatek Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer Novatek said that Yamal LNG has reached full capacity at the plant’s three LNG trains. The facility is comprised of three liquefaction trains with a total nameplate capacity of 16.5 mtpa, or 5.5 mtpa per LNG train. More than 100 LNG
Illustration only. Image source: Pixabay under CCO Creative Commons license. The price of spot liquefied natural gas contracted in Japan has continued to climb during the month of November. According to the monthly report by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, spot LNG price contracted in November edged up 1
Image courtesy of GTT/Roland Mouron French LNG containment specialist GTT has received an order to design LNG tanks for two 174,000-cbm carriers. The order has been placed by the South Korean shipyard that is building the vessels for a European owner, GTT said, adding that the names of both the shipyards
Image courtesy of NYK Japanese shipping giant NYK said Tuesday it signed long-term contracts with a unit of compatriot Mitsubishi to charter three newly built liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers. The vessels will be chartered to Singapore-based Diamond Gas International. NYK previously concluded long-term time-charter deals for three new LNG vessels
Image courtesy of TT-Line German ferry operator TT-Line has signed a construction contract with the Chinese shipyard Jiangsu Jinling for the construction of an LNG-powered RoPax ferry. The company said the planned delivery for the newbuild is 2022 with an option to add another vessel to the order. The vessel is intended