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Saga LNG Shipping: New containment system nearly ready
Towards the end of this year a new type of LNG ship will deliver from a yard in China, the…
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NYK secures long-term LNG carrier charter from EDF LNG
Japan’s NYK Line has signed a contract with EDF LNG Shipping, a subsidiary of Electricité de France (EDF), to charter…
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KOTC orders three VLGCs at Hyundai Heavy Industries
Kuwait Oil Tanker Company (KOTC) has signed shipbuilding contracts with South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries for the construction of…
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Golar LNG Partners secures 15-year FSRU charter
Golar LNG Partners has signed a 15-year charter with an unnamed energy and logistics company for the provision of an FSRU and…
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Video captures moment MOL ethane carrier comes close to major disaster
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) is in trouble in Egypt where 11-month old fully laden ethane carrier grounded and collided into…
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Oriental Petroleum orders VLGC pair at Jiangnan Shipyard
Oriental Petroleum, the parent company of Chinese LPG trader Oriental Energy has placed an order at CSSC-affiliated Jiangnan Shipyard for…
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Gas prospects finally burn bright
Chief correspondent Jason Jiang speaks with top LNG experts and sees hopeful prospects through to the end of the decade.…
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Baltic Exchange readies LNG index
In line with its new owner’s keenness to be at the front of the LNG markets the Baltic Exchange has…
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TMS Cardiff orders LNG carrier at HHI for long-term Total charter
George Economou’s TMS Cardiff Gas has confirmed an order with Hyundai Heavy Industries for a 174,000 cu m LNG carrier,…
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Fortune Oil orders VLGC pair at Jiangnan Shipyard
Hong Kong-based energy group Fortune Oil has signed shipbuilding contracts with CSSC-affiliated Jiangnan Shipyard for the construction of two 84,000…
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India’s LNG carrier dreams are over
India’s long-held aspirations to build an LNG carrier on home soil have been shelved. New Delhi had been pursuing the…
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GasLog orders new LNG carrier at Samsung
LNG shipowner GasLog has announced that it has ordered a newbuild 180,000 cu m LNG carrier from South Korea’s Samsung…
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Themes that will dominate shipping in 2018
Splash asks top names across the industry for their predictions. Next year is unlikely to be dull for those in…
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Flex LNG charters newbuild LNG carrier to Uniper
Oslo-listed Flex LNG has entered into a time charter contract for newbuild LNG carrier Flex Endeavour to energy firm Uniper…
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China overtakes South Korea to become world’s second largest importer of LNG
China will overtake South Korea to become the world’s second-biggest importer of LNG this year, according to data from Thomson…
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Dynagas seals charter extensions with Statoil and PetroChina
Monaco-based LNG carrier owner Dynagas LNG Partners has entered into a new long-term time charter with Statoil for 2013-built LNG…
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Exmar orders VLGC pair for Statoil contract
Belgian owner Exmar has entered into contracts for two 79,500 cu m gas carriers to support a deal with Norway’s…
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Dynagas seals Chinese sale and leaseback coup
China Development Bank Leasing (CDBL) has announced that it has entered into sale and leaseback agreements with an undisclosed party…
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Carboflotta snaps up a LPG tanker resale from Hyundai Heavy Industries
Genoa-based shipping firm Carbofin, part of Carboflotta group, has just signed a MOA for the purchase of a resale newbuilding…
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Will 2018 bring better freight rates?
Will the markets be kinder to shipowners in 2018 than this year? That forms the central thesis of the latest…
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