The two 174,000 cu m LNG carriers will be chartered to ExxonMobil subsidiary SeaRiver Maritime for transporting LNG worldwide for a period of 15 years.

Tanker owner International Seaways (INSW) has sold its 49.9% interest in its joint venture with Qatar Gas Transport Company (Nakilat), which owns four liquefied natural gas LNG carriers to Nakilat for $123m.

UECC has taken confirmed an option for a third battery hybrid LNG car carrier at China Ship Building Trading and Jiangnan Shipyard Group.

Teekay Group has postponed an investor day as it grapples with LNG shipping joint ventures with Cosco being caught up in US sanctions on Iran.

Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), Novatek, and Japan Bank of International Cooperation (JBIC) have inked a cooperation agreement with a view to building floating storage units (FSUs) for transhipment of cargoes from the Yamal LNG and Arctic LNG 2 projects.

CMA CGM has launched the first of its groundbreaking 23,000 teu LNG-powered newbuildings.

NYK has ordered the world’s largest LNG-fuelled car carrier from Shin Kurushima Toyohashi Shipbuilding in Japan.

MISC, NYK and Mitsubishi have inked an agreement to co-own two LNG carrier newbuildings for the LNG Canada project.

Classification society DNV GL remains convinced that the route to the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) 2050 carbon targets is via LNG as a bridging fuel.

Anglo-Eastern Univan and Exmar Ship Management are joining forces in a venture for newbuilding supervision and management of LNG carriers for third parties.