LNG

Golar LNG Partners, the fleet owner listed on the Nasdaq global exchange, said the shipping market continued to improve in October and one of its carriers re-entered the spot market and completed multiple voyages.

Sembcorp Marine of Singapore has raised its purchase price for the acquisition of the intellectual property rights of Oslo-listed Sevan Marine to US$39 million from US$28 million and including the Sevan subsidiary HiLoad LNG.

JGC Corp., the leading Japanese liquefied natural gas project engineering company, has signed a cooperation agreement with a major shipyard in northeast China to seek contracts for floating and modular LNG projects.