
S&P Global Platts, an independent energy markets information provider, has launched time charter equivalent (TCE) assessments for Newcastlemax class dry bulk ships using LNG as bunker fuel.

Wärtsilä has signed an optimised maintenance agreement with the Canadian ferry operator STQ for two LNG-fueled ferries.

Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has signed a charter contract for a newbuilding ice-breaking tanker to serve Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 project.

Maran Gas-owned LNG tanker Yiannis has arrived at the new Calcasieu Pass export facility in Louisiana to take over the first export cargo.

German container shipping company Hapag-Lloyd plans to deploy the first of its twelve new 23,500+ TEU vessels in 2023, Lutz-Michael Dyck, Senior Director Strategic Asset Projects at Hapag-Lloyd, confirmed.

Shipbroker Simpson Spence Young (SSY) looks at what’s behind the rise of LNG prices and the impact this has on the LNG shipping market.

Russian shipyard Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex has started cutting steel for the seventh ARC 7 ice-class LNG carrier for the Arctic LNG 2 project.

Finnish shipping company Viking Line has welcomed its climate-smart flagship Viking Glory in the Port of Turku following the ship’s five-week journey home across the seas.

Wärtsilä has awarded Scana-owned Skarpenord a contract to supply valve control systems to 12 new LNG-fueled container vessels.

Shell CEO Ben van Beurden said that the Prelude FLNG facility in Western Australia will remain closed for most of the first quarter of 2022.

Lithuanian LNG terminal operator Klaipedos Nafta will acquire the FSRU Independence from Hoegh LNG at the end of its lease agreement.

Luxembourg-based shipping company CLdN ro-ro has ordered two hybrid 8,000 lane meter roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) vessels from South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD).

Russia’s natural gas producer Novatek has secured DNV international certification for long-term CO2 underground storage sites in the Yamal and Gydan Peninsulas.

Energy major Shell increased its dividend and share buybacks following a jump in its quarterly profit driven by higher oil and gas prices.