Lng News


Sabine Pass LNG Plant Suffers Outage

Jan 22, 2018

Production at Cheniere Energy's Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plant in Louisiana is running well below capacity, resulting in disruption to cargo loadings, trade sources said.Feed gas supply into the liquefaction plant plunged sharply during the weekend…

Gas Natural Fenosa, Baleària Sign LNG Bunkering Deal

Jan 19, 2018

Spanish liquefied natural gas (LNG) operator Gas Natural Fenosa signed an exclusive 10-year LNG supply deal with Spanish ferry operator Baleària. According to the company release, the supply contract will initially apply to the ports of Barcelona…

Chevron Shipping Awards Oil, LNG Contract to GAC

Jan 17, 2018

US-based Chevron Shipping Company (CSC) has awarded  the Dubai-based GAC Group a global three-year ship agency contract for both crude and LNG vessels. The new agreement secures the provider of shipping, logistics and marine services GAC’s…

Cheniere Signs 15-year LNG Supply Pact with Trafigura

Jan 16, 2018

U.S. natural gas producer Cheniere Energy Inc said on Tuesday Singapore-based commodity trader Trafigura Pte Ltd would buy about 1 million tonnes of natural gas per year from its unit for 15 years, starting 2019.The agreement with Cheniere Marketing…

Port of Rotterdam: 2017 in Review

Jan 15, 2018

Over the past year, 29,646 seagoing vessels entered the port of Rotterdam, up more than 600 from 2016's 29,022.  The number of incidents in the port fell from 159 to 129, and included one ‘serious accident’ involving an inland vessel that went adrift after hitting a groyne with its rudder…

Elengy LNG Trans-Shipment at Montoir-de-Bretagne

Jan 14, 2018

Elengy, a unit of the French energy company and LNG player Engie, said that the LNG receiving terminal in Montoir-de-Bretagne, managed by the company, has just performed a new generation LNG transshipment.  The ice-class LNG carrier Fedor…

Baltic Exchange to Develop LNG Freight Index

Jan 11, 2018

The Baltic Exchange is looking into launching a freight index for liquefied natural gas (LNG) and is working with leading ship brokers to explore potential shipping routes that might be used as the LNG market grows, the company said on Thursday…

Green Shipping: Cargo Carriers Clutch at Compliance

Jan 11, 2018

LNG looms as the bridge to a ‘zero emissions’ future for shipping. The advent of industry wide tightening of allowable sulfur emissions is getting nearer. Suddenly, with the deadline now just one year away, the countdown clock will very soon be ticking much louder…

IMO Orders Fuels of the Future

Jan 11, 2018

The new sulfur, carbon dioxide limits will demand precise understanding by ship owners and operators.  Globally, new regulations are coming into effect governing the Sulfur Oxide (SOx) limits and CO2 emissions. The International Maritime…

Socgen Joins SEA\LNG

Jan 09, 2018

French multinational banking and financial services company Societe Generale (Socgen) has joined SEA\LNG, the industry coalition promoting the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel. The bank is the first financial institution to join SEA\LNG…

JAN / FEB Edition of Maritime Logistics Professional magazine

Jan 09, 2018

Make sure your Cruise Port is in our Top 20 Feature. The January / February 2018 edition of Maritime Logistics Professional will focus on today’s cruise shipping trends, how cruise lines are achieving a greener cruise shipping signature…

Crowley’s Solutions Group Reorganizes

Jan 09, 2018

Crowley Maritime Corp.’s solutions group announced that it is reorganizing and establishing new leadership to better serve customers in need of engineering, project management and government services.  Solutions is the company’s dedicated…

Deltamarin Joins GTT for LNG-Powered Ship Designs

Jan 08, 2018

Finnish ship designer Deltamarin, part of AVIC Group, together with France's Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT), an engineering company involved in membrane containment systems for transport and storage of LNG, has studied the use of membrane-type tanks on cargo and passenger vessels…

Schulte Group Buys LNG Specialist PRONAV

Jan 08, 2018

Hamburg shipowning and management group Bernhard Schulte has signed a contract for the acquisition of 100% of the shares in the prestigious LNG ship manager PRONAV - subject to merger approval of the German Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt)…

Pertamina Delivers First LNG Cargo to Nusantara FSRU

Jan 07, 2018

Indonesia's government controlled PT Pertamina said that the first LNG cargo produced with the gas sourced at the field has been delivered to the Nusantara Regas’ Nusantara FSRU in the Jakarta Bay.  The shipment is the first LNG cargo…

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