The Rotterdam-based Green Award Foundation has added the LNG divisions of the three biggest shipping companies in Japan to its list of certified companies.
A further three of the world's largest Q-Max LNG carriers have been delivered to Nakilat and Qatargas at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering's Okpo shipyard on Geoje Island, South Korea.
The announcement earlier this month that Thailand's PTT has signed a heads of agreement with Qatargas relating to the supply of LNG to its proposed receiving terminal at Map Ta Phut comes