South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean has launched MOL’s floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), which will serve Singapore’s second LNG import terminal.
Lithuanian state-controlled energy company Ignitis will sign a long-term LNG supply and purchase agreement with a unit of US natural gas producer EQT following the completion of a tender.
Japan's shipping giant NYK has completed the acquisition of a 50 percent stake in UK-based small-scale player Avenir LNG from Norway’s Stolt-Nielsen following regulatory approvals.
Japan’s NYK and its Chinese partners CNOOC and China Merchants Energy Shipping have named a newbuild 174,000-cbm LNG carrier at the Hudong-Zhonghua yard in Shanghai.