LNG

Anglo-Australian global commodities company BHP has awarded its first LNG supply agreement for five LNG-fuelled Newcastlemax bulk carriers, which will transport iron ore between Western Australia and China from 2022.

BHP, the Anglo-Australian global commodities company, has awarded the world’s first LNG-fuelled bulk carrier tender to a Singapore-based shipping line with the aim of reducing greenhouse-gas emissions by more than 30 percent per voyage while delivering iron ore from Western Australia to China.