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Tuesday, January 12, 2021
blue lng carrier at sea
Shipping

Asian LNG Breaks $30 Barrier as Cold Makes Traders Scramble

By Stephen Stapczynski and Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) — North Asia’s liquefied natural gas benchmark rose above $30 per million British Thermal

January 12, 2021
Total Views: 1724

Monday, January 11, 2021
Stock photo of an lng carrier at sunset
Shipping

World’s Priciest Ships: Winter LNG Boom Sends Charter Rates to Record

By Stephen Stapczynski and Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) — An unprecedented shortage of liquefied natural gas tankers has made them the most expensive

January 11, 2021
Total Views: 4135

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Ports

Freezing Weather Snarls Asian Port, Sending Energy Prices Soaring

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — China’s coldest winter in decades meant state-owned energy giant Sinopec was desperate to unload heating fuel from a

January 11, 2021
Total Views: 1888

Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Containership and LNG Carrier Assist in Caribbean Sea Rescue
Shipping

Containership and LNG Carrier Assist in Caribbean Sea Rescue

The U.S. Coast Guard last week rescued a man from a disabled sailboat in the Caribbean Sea about 114 nautical miles from Puerto Rico with assistance from the

January 5, 2021
Total Views: 8843

Thursday, December 3, 2020
Trump Admin Rule Eliminates Environmental Reviews of LNG Marine Transport
Shipping

Trump Admin Rule Eliminates Environmental Reviews of LNG Marine Transport

WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Energy on Thursday issued a rule to exclude environmental reviews for marine transport of liquefied

December 3, 2020
Total Views: 5881

Thursday, November 5, 2020
lng carrier
Shipping News

Cleaning Up LNG Becomes a Target of EU in Blow to U.S. Exporters

By Ewa Krukowska (Bloomberg) — The European Union is looking at ways to put pressure on global exporters of liquefied natural gas to reduce their

November 5, 2020
Total Views: 195

Tuesday, November 3, 2020
blue lng carrier at sea
News

Is The Netherlands The New Global Hub For LNG Trading?

by Lars Paulsson (Bloomberg) The Dutch natural gas market is reinforcing its position as one of the most important trading hubs in the world. Trade on the

November 3, 2020
Total Views: 440

Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Christophe de Margerie LNG carrier
Shipbuilding

Russian Joint Venture Orders 10 LNG Carriers for Arctic LNG 2 Project

A joint venture involving Russian firms SCF Group and NOVATEK has placed an order for 10 icebreaking LNG carriers to support the Arctic LNG 2 project along the

September 8, 2020
Total Views: 249

Wednesday, June 10, 2020
LNG Tanker Set to Deliver Gas to U.S. with European Stockpiles Near Full
Shipping News

LNG Tanker Set to Deliver Gas to U.S. with European Stockpiles Near Full

June 10 (Reuters) – A ship carrying liquefied natural gas from Nigeria is expected to drop its cargo in Georgia as energy firms look for a place to store

June 10, 2020
Total Views: 38

Tuesday, June 9, 2020
New Breed of Gas Ships Emerges to Capture Growing Markets
Shipping News

New Breed of Gas Ships Emerges to Capture Growing Markets

By Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) –The new Saga Dawn liquefied natural gas tanker shuttling between Singapore and Humen in eastern China is a sign that

June 9, 2020
Total Views: 117

Tuesday, June 2, 2020
A worker near a ship under construction at Hyundai Heavy Industries' Shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea, May 13, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo
Shipbuilding

$19 Billion LNG Ship Order a Boon for South Korean Shipbuilders

SEOUL, June 2 (Reuters) – South Korea’s ailing shipbuilders have been thrown a lifeline in an increasingly tough market with a $19 billion order

June 2, 2020
Total Views: 199

Thursday, April 30, 2020
golar seal lng carrier klaipeda
News

Business of Shipping: LNG Carriers Face Less Volatile Market Than Crude Tanker Peers

By Ira Breskin – Liquid Natural Gas carriers are addressing a less volatile short-term charter market than that experienced by crude carriers, “sister

April 30, 2020
Total Views: 294

Wednesday, April 8, 2020
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News

After a Record Year, LNG Industry Heads for Slump in Deliveries

By Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) — Shipments of liquefied natural gas will decline from record levels as global economic growth weakens and energy

April 8, 2020
Total Views: 83

Friday, October 11, 2019
lng carrier
Shipping News

LNG Shipping Rates Surging as Vessels Drop Out of Service

By Anna Shiryaevskaya and Stephen Stapczynski (Bloomberg) –The cost of chartering a liquefied natural gas vessel on the short-term market has jumped the

October 11, 2019
Total Views: 85

Wednesday, October 9, 2019
LNG TANKER - Sunrise
Interesting

Small Ships Are Next Big Thing for This $150 Billion Market

By Anna Shiryaevskaya – (Bloomberg) –Giant ocean-going tankers built the liquefied natural gas industry into a $150-billion-a-year business. The

October 9, 2019
Total Views: 146

Friday, May 17, 2019
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Shipping News

Small Shift in LNG Market May Bring Big Boost for Shipowners

By Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) — With so much cheap liquefied natural gas around, traders are again looking at tankers to store the fuel in the hope

May 17, 2019
Total Views: 39

Monday, May 13, 2019
panama canal lng transit record
Shipping News

Panama Canal Transits First Q-Flex LNG Carrier

The Panama Canal welcomed the largest liquefied natural gas tanker to ever transit the waterway over the weekend.  The tanker, Qatargas’ Al Safliya,

May 13, 2019
Total Views: 218

Friday, May 3, 2019
lng tanker
Shipping News

Louisiana LNG Export Terminal Passes Environmental Test

May 3 (Reuters) – Venture Global’s Plaquemines liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in Louisiana took a step toward receiving federal

May 3, 2019
Total Views: 32

Monday, April 29, 2019
lng carrier
Shipping News

Britain Brimming With Natural Gas as LNG Flows Hit a Record

By Anna Shiryaevskaya, Vanessa Dezem and Mathew Carr (Bloomberg) — Britain’s appetite for natural gas usually declines in the summer, but this season

April 29, 2019
Total Views: 40

Monday, April 15, 2019
lng ship
Shipping News

All Aboard! Treasure on the High Seas for Gas Dealers

By Ekaterina Kravtsova LONDON, April 15 (Reuters) – In the booming market for supercooled natural gas, the most precious commodity is the ship. A global

April 15, 2019
Total Views: 47