LONDON, Nov 6 (Reuters) – The cost of shipping liquefied natural gas (LNG) has hit $200,000 a day, exceeding a 2012 peak of $180,000 a day The headline average is $170,000 for Asia Pacific, according to analysts at Jefferies, up around 20 percent from two weeks ago. The headline average for the...
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LNG Shipping Rates Make Europe a LNG Hot Spot Right Now
By Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) — Forget Asian hunger for energy or where liquefied natural gas costs the most, at the moment it’s all about tanker rates. Northwest Europe has seen a boom in LNG imports this month, with cargoes arriving from atypical sources including Peru and Egypt, while the...
Global LNG Shipping Rates Double Since End-August, Slowing Asia Deliveries
LONDON/SINGAPORE, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Headline rates for shipping liquified natural gas (LNG) in Pacific and Atlantic basins stand at around $140,000 to $150,000 a day for a 160,000 cubic metre LNG tri-fuel diesel electric (TFDE) vessel, brokers say. That is a 6-year high and compares to Atlantic...
BW LNG announces first woman Captain onboard LNG carrier
BW LNG announced that it appointed its first female Captain of an LNG carrier. Namely, Tatjana Pletena is the Captain of the Singapore-flagged LNG tanker BW GDF Suez Everett.
Tatjana Pletena started her career with Bergesen in 2001 as a deck cadet from the Latvian Maritime Academy. After graduating, she returned to Bergesen as Fourth Mate and then became Captain at BW GDF Suez Everett.
One of Ms. Pletena’s first experiences was with gas transportation on board LPG vessels, and recently on LNG...
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Four LNG vessels transit Panama Canal in one day
The Panama Canal announced a new milestone with the successful transit of four LNG carriers through the neopanamax locks on 1st October. With this milestone, the Panama Canal breaks the record set on 17 April 2018, when three LNG vessels transited on the same day.
The four vessels were ‘Ribera del Duero Knutsen’ with cargo capacity 173,000 m3, ‘Maran Gas Pericles’ with cargo capacity 174,000 m3, ‘Torben Spirit’ with cargo capacity 173,000 m3 and ‘Oceanic Breeze’ with cargo capacity 155,300 m3.
As...
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LNG Shipping Rates Spike with No Respite Seen Through 2019
By Sabina Zawadzki and Jessica Jaganathan LONDON/SINGAPORE, Sept 21 (Reuters) – The price of shipping liquefied natural gas (LNG) has spiked in September and is likely to remain high next year, buoyed by rising production from new plants and concerns that demand for LNG vessels will outpace supply....