
Shipping services group Clarksons completed the first LNG freight futures trades on CME between commodity traders Vitol and Trafigura at the end of December 2019.

The Korean Register (KR) has appointed Hyung-chul Lee as its 24th Chairman & CEO.

Kinder Morgan-led Elba Island liquefaction project near Savannah, Georgia has received the green light to introduce hazardous fluids to MMLS unit #5.

Four persons were killed following a pirate attack on a hopper dredger in the Gulf of Guinea.

Exports from the Peruvian liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Pampa Melchorita edged down during the month of December.

Flex LNG, the company controlled by billionaire John Fredriksen and an emerging player in the LNG shipping business, saw another one of its newbuilds hit the water at the South Korean Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard.

Polarcus, a Dubai-based seismic contractor, has recorded a decrease in its vessel utilization during the fourth quarter of 2019. The vessel activity also decreased on a full year basis from 87 percent in 2018 to 79 percent in 2019. Quarterly vessel utilization was at 71 percent compared to 96 percen

Nigeria LNG makes Train 7 FID Nigeria LNG has made the final investment decision (FID) for its Train 7 project, which will increase the NLNG facility’s production capacity by 35 percent. BW LNG: BW Magna FSRU modification complete BW LNG, a unit of the Singapore-based gas shipping giant BW Group, sa

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The kidnapped crew members include five Greek nationals, two Filipinos and one Ukrainian sailor.

McDermott nets Arctic LNG 2 modules fabrication job McDermott International said that its Chinese joint venture Qingdao McDermott Wuchuan Offshore Engineering has been awarded the Arctic LNG 2 modules fabrication job. First Gen Corp picks JGC as Batangas LNG EPC contractor Philippine utility First G

Bechtel scores $9.5 bln Rio Grande LNG EPC deal US LNG export project developer NextDecade has signed two contracts with Bechtel for the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) of NextDecade’s Rio Grande LNG project in Brownsville, Texas, totaling $9.565 billion. Port Arthur LNG given green