Daily charter rates for modern LNG carriers have smashed firmly through the six-figure barrier and are expected to go on rising across all ship types as charterers' requirements continue to exceed the number of vessels available.
Talk was tearing round the market that the Tokyo LNG Tankers-controlled 166,686-cbm newbuilding Energy Glory had been fixed to the Tangguh LNG project at a rate in the region of $130,000 per day.
