Shipbroker Fearnleys estimates an additional 64 LNG carriers will need to be ordered before 2022 to meet the requirements of the growing LNG market.

Speaking at an LNG symposium in London hosted by Fearnley Securities, Per-Christian Fett, who is director and global head of LNG at broking arm Fearnleys, said 100 million tonnes per annum of new LNG is due onstream by 2022 based on under-construction projects.