Teekay LNG Partners has acquired a second LNG carrier newbuilding from Awilco which it will then charter back to the Norwegian owner.

Bureau Veritas (BV) has launched an initiative to develop tools allowing for safer transit of LNG cargoes in the Arctic.

In the latest move towards the use of LNG as a marine fuel the Antwerp Port Authority has appointed EXMAR to handle LNG bunkering at the port.

This week saw more evidence of the impacts of the US “energy renaissance” on both the tanker and the offshore sectors. An order for two more Jones Act tankers was announced; this time, with Seabulk Tankers, wholly owned by Seacor, set to build two...

Braemar Shipping Services' LNG technical consultancy, Braemar Engineering, has been selected as owner's engineers on United LNG, the world's largest FLNG project.

Exmar and LNG partners have firmed up their letter of intent to work together building and operating a Floating Liquefaction & Storage Unit (FLSU) for the BC LNG Project in Canada.

DNV will class the five 18,000 teu and five 14,000 teu container ships ordered by UASC last week, with a design to make them easily retrofitted to be powered by LNG.

Classification society ABS has founded a new unit to focus on LNG and LPG as global markets change.

Tianjin Marine Shipping Co, a subsidiary of Hainan Airlines Group (HNA Group), has unveiled a newbuilding programme to construct 10 VLCCs and four LNG carriers.

Höegh LNG has been awarded a pre-FEED contract for engineering work on an FLNG facility for an Asian national oil company.