LNG

China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES), the energy ship operator of the  Hong Kong-based China Merchants Group, said it planned to acquire stakes in LNG vessels dedicated to Russian Yamal LNG deliveries and the dry-bulk vessel assets of its subsidiary Sinotrans.

Gaztransport and Technigaz (GGT), the Paris-based LNG maritime containment tank system designer, has received approval in principle for its Mark III Flex system from French classification society, Bureau Veritas, for LNG carriers operating in Arctic waters.