Shipowner Nakilat has fixed out the second of four speculatively ordered LNG carriers to Shell.
Chartering sources said the 173,400-cbm ME-GI newbuilding Global Star has been committed ex-yard for a one year at a rate of just over $50,000 per day.
Brokers are currently quoting one-year term charter rates for gas-injection tonnage at around $70,000 per day.