LNG

Singapore-based one ship companies - Diamond LNG Shipping 1 and Diamond LNG Shipping 2 - jointly owned by Mitsubishi Corp and NYK Line, have secured a loan of Yen41.6 bill ($340 mill) to finance LNGCs.

Spanish LNG terminals are to receive 18 LNG cargoes in February of this year and reload one vessel, according to Platts.

Nakilat-Keppel Offshore and Marine (N-KOM), Qatar’s joint-venture shipyard, has signed an agreement with Greece’s Angelicoussis Group to repair its fleet.

Three times last year, Qatargas successfully delivered a Q-Flex LNG cargo for multiple port discharge for a single customer.

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has been selected as preferred bidder to build a series of LNGCs for South Korean energy concern SK E&S.

Dynagas LNG Partners has purchased 100% of the ownership interests of the ‘Lena River’, a 2013 built 155,000 cu m ice class LNGC, from Dynagas Holding.

Iranian broadcaster Press-TV has reported that the country has reached a final agreement with a French company for the development of a small FLNG project.

COSCO and China Shipping Corp have revealed details of their merger plans.

Svitzer Australia has won a 10-year contract to provide towage and other marine services to the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG project in Darwin.

Daewoo (DSME) has contracted Wärtsilä to supply combined inert gas generators and gas combustion units for 17 new LNGCs under construction at the company's yards.