LNG

Oct 24 (LNGJ) - Inpex Corp., the Japanese LNG project developer with France’s Total of the Ichthys export project near the port of Darwin in Australia’s Northern Territory, has named a second carrier that will transport cargoes to Japan. The 155,300 cubic metres capacity vessel was named “Oceanic Breeze” at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard in Nagasaki. Guests at the ceremony included Inpex President and Chief Executive Toshiaki Kitamura. The first carrier that will help deliver cargoes to the Inpex Naoetsu import terminal at Joetsu in Niigata Prefecture was named “Pacific Breeze” at a naming event held in September.