LNG Shipping

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

Thursday, February 7, 2013
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News

LNG Shipping Rates Seen Stalling as Winter Fuel Demand Eases

(Bloomberg) — The rally in rates to ship liquefied natural gas may end as winter demand subsides and a shortage of cargoes curbs trading to profit from

February 7, 2013
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Wednesday, February 6, 2013
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News

Drydocks World Completes Conversion of FSRU Toscana

Drydocks World announced today that they have finalized the conversion of the 135k,000 cbm LNG carrier Golar Frost, to a Floating Storage and Re-gasification

February 6, 2013
Total Views: 592

Tuesday, February 5, 2013
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Engineering News

Washington State Ferries and DNV Explore LNG as a Fuel

Like all commercial vessel owners, the Washington State Ferries’ (WSF) most significant expense is fuel.  As the largest ferry operator in North

February 5, 2013
Total Views: 295

Monday, February 4, 2013
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News

US Department of Energy Grants Pangea LNG Export Authorization [REPORT]

Pangea LNG announced today that they have been granted a long-term, multi-contract authorization by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to export liquefied

February 4, 2013
Total Views: 45

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News

Once an Exporter, Egypt Will Soon be Importing Liquefied Natural Gas

Egypt will award a license to import liquefied natural gas within two weeks as the nation’s users prepare to buy in the fuel for the first time. Egyptian

February 4, 2013
Total Views: 29

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Finance

MISC Berhad Makes Biggest Jump in 14 Years on Takeover Offer

(Bloomberg) — MISC Bhd., the world’s second-largest liquefied natural gas shipper, surged the most in more than 14 years in Kuala Lumpur stock

February 4, 2013
Total Views: 165

Friday, February 1, 2013
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News

Panama Canal Expansion Will Likely Be Central to US LNG Export Trade

(Bloomberg) — Six years after the Panama Canal began a $5.25 billion expansion to capture shipments of Asian-made goods to the U.S. East Coast, the flow

February 1, 2013
Total Views: 69

Thursday, January 31, 2013
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News

Petronas Makes $2.8 Billion Buyout Offer for MISC, World’s 2nd Largest LNG Shipper

(Bloomberg) — Petroliam Nasional Bhd., Malaysia’s state-owned energy company, offered to buy out shipping unit MISC Bhd. in a deal worth 8.7

January 31, 2013
Total Views: 176

Wednesday, January 30, 2013
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News

Golar Maria LNG Carrier Sold for $215 Million

By Debbie Cai Golar LNG Ltd. (GLNG) has agreed to sell the company that owns and operates the liquefied natural gas carrier, the Golar Maria, together with

January 30, 2013
Total Views: 182

Tuesday, January 29, 2013
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News

Idemitsu Partners With AltaGas to Export Canadian Natural Gas to Asia

By Mari Iwata TOKYO–A Japanese energy company said Tuesday it is partnering a Canadian firm to export North American natural gas from Canada’s West

January 29, 2013
Total Views: 51

Monday, January 28, 2013
TOTE Returns to NASSCO in New LNG-Conversion Project
News

TOTE Returns to NASSCO in New LNG-Conversion Project

General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego said Monday that it has finalized a contract with Totem Ocean Trailer Express (TOTE) to design the conversion of

January 28, 2013
Total Views: 130

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News

Shell and Kinder Morgan Strike Deal to Export LNG from US

By Angel Gonzalez HOUSTON–A Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA) unit struck a deal with a Kinder Morgan Inc (KMI) company to export liquefied natural gas out of

January 28, 2013
Total Views: 37

Friday, January 25, 2013
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News

BP Delivers First Gas Shipment to Israeli Offshore Buoy

By Sara Toth Stub JERUSALEM–BP PLC (BP.LN) began delivering liquefied natural gas to Israel via an offshore buoy Thursday to help meet Israel’s

January 25, 2013
Total Views: 82

Tuesday, January 22, 2013
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News

Dow Chemical Severs Ties With Powerful D.C. Group Over Natural-Gas Exports

By TENNILLE TRACY WASHINGTON–Dow Chemical Co. (DOW) severed ties Friday with one of Washington’s most powerful groups representing the

January 22, 2013
Total Views: 40

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News

Fredricksen is “Printing Money” With Golar LNG as Day Rates Begin to Fall

Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) — Rates to ship liquefied natural gas are dropping for the first time in four years amid a diminishing scarcity of the carriers

January 22, 2013
Total Views: 81

Monday, January 21, 2013
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Uncategorized

DNB Markets: LNG Price Gap to Boost Ship Rates Through Spring

Jan. 21 (Bloomberg) — The gap between liquefied natural gas prices in Asia and the Atlantic will keep trades between the regions profitable through the

January 21, 2013
Total Views: 26

Friday, January 18, 2013
Magnolia LNG
News

$2.2 Billion LNG Liquefaction Facility Announced for Port of Lake Charles

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and Maurice Brand, Managing Director and Joint Chief Executive Director of Magnolia LNG announced today a $2.2 billion project

January 18, 2013
Total Views: 72

Monday, January 14, 2013
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News

South Korea-Bound Shipments of LNG Drop 9.5% as Prices Rise

Imports of liquefied natural gas into South Korea, the world’s second-largest buyer of the fuel, dropped 9.5 percent in December as prices rose.

January 14, 2013
Total Views: 18

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News

Wells Fargo: LNG Carrier Spot Market May Soften in 2013 as Global Fleet Grows

Rates to ship liquefied natural gas will decline this year as new vessels join the fleet more quickly than global output of the fuel expands, according to

January 14, 2013
Total Views: 31

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News

With Strong Demand for FSRUs, BW Maritime and Samsung Heavy Sign Newbuild Contract

BW Maritime and Samsung Heavy Industries signed a ship-building contract on Friday for BW’s first Liquefied Natural Gas Floating Storage Regasification

January 14, 2013
Total Views: 98