LNG shipping rates ‘shooting for the stars’ at $500,000 per day

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On Sept. 26, Pareto analyst Eirik Haavaldsen predicted that liquefied natural gas shipping rates could top $1 million per day in the fourth quarter. At least some deals are already halfway there, according to a report on Monday.

Paying a million a day may sound crazy. But it all comes down to the profit a shipper can make on a cargo. If a shipper can make $200 million in profits moving a single shipload of LNG, it will pay six figures a day in freight. Or if Pareto is right, seven.

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