VOL. XLIII

No. 41

9-OCTOBER-2000

SHIPPING

LNG Industry: The Transportation Challenge

By Tokinao Hojo

The following paper on developments in the LNG industry was presented by Tokinao Hojo, Senior Managing Director of Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), at the World Energy Summit held 14-15 September at Le Meridien Waldorf Hotel in London.

Over the past few years, world trade in LNG has shown a remarkable recovery on the back of the recent economic upturn in the Pacific countries, a surge in American LNG imports,...