Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 14

1-Apr-2011

MEES Agenda

LNG-Powered Vessels A Potential Game Changer In Shipping

VLCCs and container ships set to follow Qatars LNG carriers in gas-fuelled transport trend.

On 28 May Korean shipbuilder Daewoo will test offshore an LNG-powered large container ship, MEES learns. It is a milestone in a slowly emerging market of gas-fuelled vessels that could alter energy markets and change the long term face of bunkering, including hubs such as...