Qatargas has agreed a deal to increase the volume of liquefied natural gas supplied to Polish Oil and Gas Company (PGNiG) to two million tonnes per annum. 

Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has agreed to jointly own a LNG carrier with compatriot Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (Kepco) via a vessel owning firm shared by the two companies.

India’s Cochin Shipyard has penned a memorandum of understand (MoU) with Engineers India for the design and construction of small-scale LNG carriers.

South Korea’s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has landed an order to build one LNG-fuelled bulk carrier from domestic steel firm Posco.

Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has teamed up with an Indonesian partner PT Pelindo Energi Logistik to launch a coastal LNG shuttle transport project.

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has give Approval in Principle (AiP) for a gas turbine-powered LNG carrier design by GE Marine and Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co (DSIC) at Marintec China 2015.

The energy markets including the LNG sector are going through difficult times and there is much uncertainty, even if the long-term future is a good one, was the message from senior executives speaking at Gastech 2015 Singapore.

Classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) has completed a joint project with South Korea’s Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co (HHIC) to develop a 30,000-cu m LNG carrier design with bilobe type C tanks.

DNV GL unveiled an LNG-powered, electric turbined powered mega-containership, which would have a box capacity, at Gastech 2015 in Singapore on Tuesday.

A general cargo ship sank after it collided with a LNG tanker early Tuesday off the coast of Belgium, and the crew for both ships were reportedly safe.