LNG shipping is seeing exceptional strength, already fueled by geo-political vagaries, and with the impact of winter weather patterns yet to be determined. For these reasons, the sector received considerable emphasis at Marine Money’s mid-November Ship Finance Forum, held in midtown New York. Mike Tusiani, Poten & Partner’s Chairman Emeritus, in introducing the day’s kick-off panel, described the present situation as “an unprecedented time in the LNG trades”. His colleague at Poten, Jefferson Clarke, talked about “tonne time” having supplanted tonne miles as the operative metric in explaining LNG shipping’s rise. He ... (full story)