Assessing Residual Value
22 May 2017: Valuations are not straight forward in the LNG shipping industry, whether for individual vessels or entire companies….
Chinese Demand Growth
15 May 2017: Last week, the United States and China reached a preliminary 10-point trade agreement which included a statement…
Structural vs Spot Availability
8 May 2017: “As mentioned in a recent opinion, the global LNG trade grew by approximately 12% year-on-year during…
LNG Cargo Swaps
2 May 2017: “On April 11, WILPRIDE delivered RasGas’ cargo from Qatar to Zeebrugge. On the same date, Shell-controlled…
Measuring LNG Shipping Demand
24 April 2017: During Q1 2017, the global LNG trade grew by approximately 12% year-on-year, largely due to a pronounced…
Floating Liquefaction Projects
10 April 2017: Last week the first LNG cargo produced onboard a floating liquefaction (FLNG) facility was loaded onto…
Japanese Pricing
2 April 2017: As discussed in last week’s opinion (27-Mar-17: “Japanese Demand”), Japanese LNG importers are facing challenges in predicting…
Japanese Demand
27 March 2017: Next week participants in the LNG industry will travel to Japan for Gastech, the biennial conference on…
Seasonality
20 March 2017: Past LNG Shipping opinions have discussed at length the recent and expected growth in global LNG…
Panama Canal Expansion
14 March 2017: On March 6th the GasLog Skagen transited the expanded Panama Canal, marking the 100th LNG carrier…
