LNG

Belgian shipping company Exmar, which chartered a regasification barge to the Netherlands and sold a floating LNG production vessel to Italy’s Eni for deployment in Africa, said the takeover process had begun involving Saverex NV, the holding company of the family of Exmar Executive Chairman Nicolas Saverys.

Belgian shipping company Exmar reported modest earnings though expects company finances to improve after a charter deal for its LNG storage and regasification unit (FSRU) barge to be the new Dutch LNG import terminal at the port of Eemshaven.