
Japanese shipper Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has signed a deal with Russia’s state-owned leasing company GTLK to buy stakes in two large floating LNG storage units (FSU).

Russia’s Zvezda shipyard held a keel-laying ceremony for a new LNG-fueled MR tanker ordered by the country’s largest shipping company Sovcomflot (SCF).

Greek owner and operator of LNG carriers GasLog has completed its first conversion project from an LNG carrier to a floating storage unit (FSU).

The current CEO of Finnish energy company Gasum will leave her position and the recruitment process for the replacement will begin immediately.

French containment specialist GTT has received a tank design order from the Chinese Jiangnan Shipyard for Chinese ship-owner Jovo’s LNG carrier.

Greece-based shipowner Capital Product Partners L.P. (CPLP) has agreed to acquire three 174,000 cbm latest generation X-DF LNG carriers from CGC Operating Corp.

Indonesian state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina has signed a terminal use agreement with French energy major TotalEnergies for the utilisation of the Arun LNG hub in 2021.

South Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) held a steel-cutting ceremony for the first out of four LNG carriers that Norway’s shipping company Knutsen charted to Poland’s LNG importer PGNiG.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) thinks TotalEnergies’ Mozambique LNG project could be back on track within the next 18 months, Reuters reports.

German engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions and Australian LNG company Woodside Energy have teamed up to form Factory LNG, a new solution for small to mid-scale LNG production.

Shannon LNG, the project of an LNG terminal in Ireland’s County Kerry, is due to apply for planning permission, while facing environmental opposition.

Finnish shipbuilder Rauma Marine Constructions has delivered the new LNG-fueled ferry Aurora Botnia to shipping company Wasaline.

U.K.-based Society for Gas as a Marine Fuel (SGMF) has formed its first regional cooperation committee, as the use of LNG as ship fuel rises in the Asia Pacific.

French LNG containment specialist GTT has teamed up with China Classification Society (CCS) for the application of its membrane technology on LNG vessels and storage tanks.