Tag Archives: Shipping

Yamal LNG completes the first ship-to-ship LNG transshipment

NOVATEK announced that its joint venture Yamal LNG completed the first ship-to-ship LNG transshipment in the area near the port of Honningsvag in northern Norway. The Arc7 ice-class LNG tanker […]

RWE and Tokyo Gas agree to cooperate in the LNG business

RWE and Tokyo Gas have entered into an agreement to cooperate extensively in the LNG business. Under a wide reaching MOU for strategic cooperation, the two companies aspire to strengthen […]

Höegh Gallant FSRU starts working for Clearlake Shipping

Höegh LNG mentioned that its FSRU vessel, Höegh Gallant has been chartered to Clearlake Shipping, a unit of the energy trading company Gunvor as a conventional LNG carrier. On 15 […]

IEA mentions the risk of insufficient LNG investment and shipping capacity

IEA mentioned in its third annual edition of the Global Gas Security Review that global natural gas markets are being reshaped by the development of major emerging LNG buyers led […]

Arkas Bunkering and Sumitomo sign a protocol for LNG bunkering

Arkas Bunkering in Turkey have signed a protocol with Sumitomo Corporation for the use of LNG as bunker fuel in Turkish and nearby seas. A protocol focuses on distribution network […]

Panama Canal modifies transit reservation system

The Panama Canal announced changes to the Transit Reservation (booking) System for Neopanamax vessels, effective October 1, 2018. The Panama Canal Authority said in its statement, “The modifications are a […]

LNG carrier registers 4,000th Panama Canal transit

On 29 July, the Panama Canal registered the transit of its 4,000th Neopanamax vessel through the Expanded Canal, with the transit of the LNG tanker Maria Energy from the Atlantic […]

Bureau Veritas issues new guidelines for the conversion of LNG carrier to FSRU/FSU

Classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has issued new and updated notations and guidance to support the construction and operation of both FSRUs and FSUs. The new conversion guidelines provide clear […]

Novatek ships its first LNG cargos to China via NSR

Novatek announces that it has shipped its first LNG cargos from the Yamal LNG project to China via the Northern Sea Route (NSR). On July 19, an official ceremony was […]

Panama canal opens way for more LNG carriers

The Panama Canal Authority will increase the number of daily reserved transit slots available for LNG vessels starting October 1 and will further increase the number again by 2022 according […]