Crewing Challenges Increase With Growing LNG Fleet

LNG shipping is in the midst of an unprecedented fleet expansion. At this point, ship yards worldwide have 133 new builds on their order books that will boost the global fleet to over 300 vessels by 2010. And more ships are being ordered, with the number of tankers plying the seas widely expected to approach 400 by 2015. Crewing requirements have been increasing hand-in-hand with this expansion, and have now reached levels never before seen in the LNG industry. Download here