The worlds’ largest LNG bunker vessel, Gas Vitality, has been officially named at CSSC Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding.

Chile-based SAAM Towage has joined the Society of International Gas Tanker and Terminal Operators (SIGTTO).

Angelicoussis Shipping Group, Greece’s largest shipowner, has ended its 12-month long search for a Deputy CEO with the appointment of Norwegian Sveinung Stohle.

Qatar Petroleum has ordered four LNG carrier newbuildings at China’s CSSC Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding as part of its massive newbuilding programme.

The New York-based investment firm Stonepeak has announced it will acquire the Bermuda-based shipping company Teekay LNG Partners for $6.2bn.

Demand for floating storage and regasification units (FSRU) is buoyant as the global LNG sector bounces back from last year’s temporary blip.

China’s clean energy industry player, Houpu Clean Energy has secured a design contract for two LNG carriers from an international client for the first time.

The Panama Canal celebrated, last Saturday, five years of operations of the neo-panamax locks, inaugurated with great fanfare 26 June 2016.

There are 73 Greek-controlled fleets of over 1m dwt each, down two on the 2020 record of 75 fleets, but still the second highest number ever.

The decision by energy major, Total, to declare force majeure on its LNG project in Mozambique will radically change the global LNG supply-demand balance later this decade, according to experts.