LNG Shipping

LNG shipping news – carrier charter rates, liquefied natural gas trade flows, FLNG project timelines, regasification capacity, and fleet order trends.

Tuesday, December 4, 2018
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Rising Ship Supply Helps Ease LNG Charter Rates

By Ekaterina Kravtsova LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters) – Inflated spot charter rates for liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers are easing as more ships becoming

December 4, 2018
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Monday, December 3, 2018
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Qatar to Leave OPEC to Focus On Gas

By Eric Knecht DOHA, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Qatar said on Monday it was quitting OPEC from January to focus on its gas ambitions, taking a swipe at the

December 3, 2018
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Thursday, November 29, 2018
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China Gas Boom Opens Free Market Cracks for Trucks and Ships

By Dan Murtaugh (Bloomberg) — So you want in on China, the world’s fastest-growing gas market? It would have been virtually impossible last

November 29, 2018
Total Views: 44

Wednesday, November 28, 2018
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LNG Carrier ‘Grand Elena’ Holed After Bumping Dock in Russia

An LNG carrier laden with 145 cubic meters of gas struck a dock at the Sakhalin Energy project on the far eastern end of Russia on Tuesday, causing damage

November 28, 2018
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Tuesday, November 27, 2018
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LNG Contango? Floating Storage Shows LNG Market Becoming More Like Oil

By Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) — Some liquefied natural gas sellers aren’t in a rush to deliver their multimillion-dollar cargoes. With

November 27, 2018
Total Views: 108

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Russia’s Yamal LNG Set for 160 Ship-to-Ship Transfers in Norway by Mid-2019

By Lefteris Karagiannopoulos OSLO, Nov 27 (Reuters) – Yamal, one of the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in Arctic

November 27, 2018
Total Views: 177

Monday, November 26, 2018
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Icebreaking LNG Carrier Completes First Ship-to-Ship Transfer of Yamal LNG

The LNG carrier Pskov has completed the first ship-to-ship transfer of liquified natural gas produced at the Yamal LNG project in the Russian Arctic, Russian

November 26, 2018
Total Views: 128

Monday, November 19, 2018
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Russia’s Gazprom Says Offshore Part of TurkStream is Complete

ISTANBUL, Nov 19 (Reuters) – Construction of the offshore part of the TurkStream pipeline that will carry Russian gas across the Black Sea to Turkey has

November 19, 2018
Total Views: 48

Tuesday, November 6, 2018
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LNG Shipping Rates Hit All-Time High Ahead of Winter Traffic

LONDON, Nov 6 (Reuters) – The cost of shipping liquefied natural gas (LNG) has hit $200,000 a day, exceeding a 2012 peak of $180,000 a day The headline

November 6, 2018
Total Views: 44

Thursday, November 1, 2018
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Gaslog Considers Buybacks, Extra Dividends as LNG Shipping Rates Soar

LONDON, Nov 1 (Reuters) – Gaslog, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier, said on Thursday it was considering extra dividends or a share buyback after

November 1, 2018
Total Views: 53

Thursday, October 25, 2018
LNG-Fueled Tanker Completes First Commercial Voyage from Russia to Rotterdam
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LNG-Fueled Tanker Completes First Commercial Voyage from Russia to Rotterdam

SINGAPORE, Oct 25 (Reuters) – A crude oil tanker owned by Russian state-owned shipping company Sovcomflot has completed its first voyage across the

October 25, 2018
Total Views: 104

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LNG Shipping Rates Make Europe a LNG Hot Spot Right Now

By Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) — Forget Asian hunger for energy or where liquefied natural gas costs the most, at the moment it’s all about tanker

October 25, 2018
Total Views: 77

Tuesday, October 23, 2018
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Global LNG Shipping Rates Double Since End-August, Slowing Asia Deliveries

LONDON/SINGAPORE, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Headline rates for shipping liquified natural gas (LNG) in Pacific and Atlantic basins stand at around $140,000

October 23, 2018
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Monday, October 22, 2018
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Two Small Towns in Germany Vie to Make Trump’s LNG Dream a Reality

By Brian Parkin and Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) — Downstream from Hamburg, two small Elbe River ports are competing to build Germany’s first

October 22, 2018
Total Views: 45

Tuesday, October 2, 2018
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Shell’s LNG Canada Seen as Tip of the LNG Mega-Project Iceberg

By Sabina Zawadzki LONDON, Oct 2 (Reuters) – The launch of a massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project in Canada has finally fired the starting

October 2, 2018
Total Views: 79

Monday, October 1, 2018
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Golar, Hoegh Give Stolt-Nielsen’s LNG Venture Investment Boost

LONDON, Oct 1 (Reuters) – Liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipping and terminal operators Golar and Hoegh said on Monday they would invest about $50 million

October 1, 2018
Total Views: 33

Friday, September 28, 2018
Shell’s LNG Canada `Sprints’ Ahead as Asian Partners Give OK
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Shell’s LNG Canada `Sprints’ Ahead as Asian Partners Give OK

By Jasmine Wang, Stephen Stapczynski and Aibing Guo (Bloomberg) — Two of Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s Asian partners in a liquefied natural gas venture in

September 28, 2018
Total Views: 55

Thursday, September 27, 2018
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Qatar Said to See $40 Billion Income Gain From Gas Expansion

By Mohammed Aly Sergie (Bloomberg) — Qatar will generate $40 billion in additional export revenue once it completes its natural gas expansion

September 27, 2018
Total Views: 103

Friday, September 21, 2018
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LNG Shipping Rates Spike with No Respite Seen Through 2019

By Sabina Zawadzki and Jessica Jaganathan LONDON/SINGAPORE, Sept 21 (Reuters) – The price of shipping liquefied natural gas (LNG) has spiked in September

September 21, 2018
Total Views: 39

Tuesday, September 18, 2018
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China LNG Tariff Casts Shadow Over New U.S. Export Terminals

By Scott DiSavino and Sabina Zawadzki NEW YORK/LONDON, Sept 18 (Reuters) – China set a 10 percent tariff on U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG)

September 18, 2018
Total Views: 55