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Thursday, May 16, 2024
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Shipping

China’s Biggest LNG Buyer Expands Fleet for Global Heft

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — China National Offshore Oil Corp., the country’s state-owned oil and gas giant, is expanding its fleet of LNG carriers

May 16, 2024
Total Views: 744

Sunday, December 11, 2022
China Shipyards Record Increased LNG Tanker Orders As S.Korea Builders Are Full Up
Shipbuilding

China Shipyards Record Increased LNG Tanker Orders As S.Korea Builders Are Full Up

By Chen Aizhu SINGAPORE, Dec 12 (Reuters) – China is making fast inroads in the market for newbuild liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers as

December 11, 2022
Total Views: 1840

Monday, October 10, 2022
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Shipping

China’s Dependence On LNG Imports Worries Leaders

China's leaders worry that the country is too dependent on imports of liquefied natural

October 10, 2022
Total Views: 2976

Thursday, January 6, 2022
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Maritime News

LNG Tankers Divert From China to Europe

By Ann Koh (Bloomberg) More natural gas cargoes are being diverted away from China to Europe, as traders spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to take

January 6, 2022
Total Views: 8009

Sunday, October 3, 2021
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Shipbuilding

Qatar Petroleum Places $760 Million LNG Order With China

By Paul Wallace(Bloomberg) –Qatar ordered four new liquefied natural gas tankers worth more than 2.8 billion rials ($762 million) from a Chinese

October 3, 2021
Total Views: 4135

Monday, May 10, 2021
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Maritime News

China Bans Some Australian LNG Cargoes

By Stephen Stapczynski (Bloomberg) At least two of China’s smaller liquefied natural gas importers have been told to avoid buying new cargoes from Australia,

May 10, 2021
Total Views: 11060

Sunday, October 25, 2020
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News

China Buyers Plan To Quadruple LNG Terminal Capacity

* LNG imports by firms which are not state majors seen rising 40% in 2020- SIA Energy * Newly formed PipeChina starts marketing spare terminal access * Niche

October 25, 2020
Total Views: 401

Friday, February 7, 2020
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Maritime News

China LNG Force Majeure Rejected as Virus Chaos Sparks Dispute

By Stephen Stapczynski (Bloomberg) — Two of Europe’s biggest energy companies rejected a Chinese force majeure on liquefied natural gas contracts in

February 7, 2020
Total Views: 27

Thursday, February 6, 2020
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Maritime News

China’s Biggest LNG Importer Suspends Some Contracts as Virus Spreads

By Jessica Jaganathan and Chen Aizhu – SINGAPORE, Feb 6 (Reuters) – China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC), the country’s biggest

February 6, 2020
Total Views: 42

Friday, October 18, 2019
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Maritime News

World’s Largest LNG Bunkering Vessel Launched in China

Total has announced the launching of its first large LNG bunkering vessel that will be used to fuel gas-powered ships in the Northern Europe.  The

October 18, 2019
Total Views: 144

Wednesday, September 25, 2019
CMA CGM Jacques Saadé
Maritime News

World’s First LNG-Powered ‘Megaship’ Launched in China

The world’s first ultra-large containership to be powered by liquefied natural gas was launched in China this week. CMA CGM JACQUES SAADE is the first of

September 25, 2019
Total Views: 100

Wednesday, June 12, 2019
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Maritime News

Trade Deal Could Propel U.S. to Top of China’s LNG Supplier List

By Stephen Stapczynski (Bloomberg) –Here’s another reason for Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to seal a swift trade deal: it could put the U.S.

June 12, 2019
Total Views: 1

Friday, April 5, 2019
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Maritime News

Cheniere Hunts U.S. LNG Export Deals with China, Trade Truce or Not

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — America’s biggest natural gas exporter is ready to sign long-term agreements with buyers in China, the world’s top

April 5, 2019
Total Views: 4

Tuesday, March 12, 2019
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Maritime News

Trade War Cuts U.S. LNG Exports to China

March 12 (Reuters) – Only one liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessel that left the United States in 2019 went to China, Reuters shipping data show, as the

March 12, 2019
Total Views: 10

Tuesday, March 5, 2019
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Maritime News

Opinion: American LNG, Oil and Coal to China via Mexico

By Albert A. Melvin (Opinion) – The USA, China, and Mexico have an excellent trans-Pacific trade opportunity that can greatly benefit all three

March 5, 2019
Total Views: 57

Monday, February 25, 2019
China’s LNG Imports Rise To Record High
Maritime News

China’s LNG Imports Rise To Record High

by Meng Meng (Reuters) – China’s liquefied natural gas imports in January rose to a record as an increase in residential heating demand during the

February 25, 2019
Total Views: 9

Thursday, January 17, 2019
Christophe de margerie
Maritime News

Russia Eyes Island Storage for Arctic LNG Amid China Demand Boom

By Tsuyoshi Inajima (Bloomberg) — Russia’s Novatek PJSC is looking at storing liquefied natural gas produced in the Arctic on Japan’s

January 17, 2019
Total Views: 4

Wednesday, January 9, 2019
lng carrier
Maritime News

Trade War Cools U.S. LNG Exports to China in 2018

Jan 9 (Reuters) – The number of U.S. liquefied natural gas vessels that went to China in 2018 fell by around 20 percent from the prior year as the

January 9, 2019
Total Views: 11

Monday, December 10, 2018
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Maritime News

Huawei Arrest Keeps U.S.-China LNG Spat Alive, Developer Says

By Naureen S. Malik (Bloomberg) — The arrest of a top Chinese technology executive means the tariff war that ensnared liquefied natural gas may not have

December 10, 2018
Total Views: 3

Thursday, December 6, 2018
bulk carrier ballast water
Maritime News

Trade Truce or Not, U.S. Soy And LNG Look Unappetizing Now for China

By Stephen Stapczynski, Alfred Cang and Dan Murtaugh (Bloomberg) — China may be girding itself to buy more U.S. gas and soybeans amid easing

December 6, 2018
Total Views: 8
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