LNG shipping execs write off 2025 and pin hopes on 2026-2028 recovery
‘This a market where we will see a cleansing. It’s always painful when it happens, but in a way, this is welcome,’ says CCEC’s Jerry Kalogiratos
The counter-seasonal plunge in LNG shipping rates does not appear to be a transitory setback. It looks more like the onset of an extended downturn. Scrapping of a large number of older steam-turbine carriers would help, but what’s needed is for more liquefaction projects to come onstream