Spark30S Atlantic freight rates increased by $1,250 to $24,750 per day, and Spark25S (Pacific) increased by $250 to $21,750, Qasim Afghan, Spark’s commercial analyst, told LNG Prime on Friday.
Top 5 news of the first week in 2025
LNG Prime brings you the five most popular news on our platform during the week of December 30, 2024-January 5, 2025. 1) Norway’s Equinor has shut down its 4.3
Japan’s Jera launches think tank
Japan's power firm and LNG trader, Jera, established a think tank on January 1 to strengthen its intelligence capabilities relating to domestic and international energy trends. The joint venture
TotalEnergies takes first cargo under new Oman LNG contract
TotalEnergies head in Oman and CEO of Marsa LNG, Sergio Giorgi, announced this in a social media post on Sunday. He said this is the first LNG cargo from
Venture Global sends second Plaquemines LNG cargo
Venture Global’s 174,000-cbm newbuild carrier, Venture Gator, left the company’s second facility in Port Sulphur on Sunday and was sailing in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, its AIS data ...
Peru LNG boosts shipments in 2024
A spokesman for Hunt Oil told LNG Prime that in 2024 "there were 57 vessels equivalent to 205 TBtus," This is some 3.98 million tons of LNG. The spokesman
First Gen secures 25-year permit for Batangas LNG import terminal
First Gen said on Monday that its unit FGEN LNG has received from the Department of Energy a permit to operate and maintain (POM) for its interim offshore LNG terminal ...
Gladstone LNG exports climb in 2024
Curtis Island is home to the Santos-operated 7.8 mtpa GLNG plant, the ConocoPhillips-led 9 mtpa APLNG terminal, and Shell’s 8.5 mtpa QCLNG facility. These are the only LNG export facilities ...
Amid Falling Suez Canal Revenue, Egypt to get $1.2 bln IMF Boost
Egypt is expected to receive a $1.2 billion disbursement from the International Monetary Fund this month as part of an $8 billion program with the international lender, Finance Minister Ahmed Kouchouk said
BoatUS' Sensenbrenner Appointed to NBSAC
Ted Sensenbrenner, BoatUS Foundation Director of Boating Safety, has been appointed by Director of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas as a Representative to the National Boating Safety Advisory Committee (NBSAC).A coalition of recreational
Cyber Security in the Maritime Sector - What You Need to Know Now
The U.S. Coast Guard proposes to update its maritime security regulations by adding regulations specifically focused on establishing minimum cybersecurity requirements for U.S.-flagged vessels, Outer Continental Shelf facilities, and U.S. facilities…
US Port Labor Talks to Resume on Tuesday
Contract talks covering 45,000 dockworkers on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts are set to restart on Tuesday in a labor dispute that will help set the pace of automation at ports
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- Baltic Index Snaps 5-session Winning Streak
- Strategic Marine delivers 50-knot SES crew transfer vessel
- Coast Guard to rename former ECO icebreaker Storis
- Vard joins NuProShip nuclear propulsion project
- Biden to issue broad offshore oil and natural gas leasing ban
- Strategic Marine Delivers Offshore Crew Transfer Vessel to AES