LNG markets continue to surprise. At the beginning of 2023, the big themes are that European imports will continue to drive seaborne tonne-miles higher, supplemented by a resumption of imports into China as economic activity there resumes. In a mid-January webinar presentation by Kristen Holmquist, the lead data analyst at shipbroker and LNG consultancy Poten & Partners, these observations were buttressed by deep underlying analytics. Any predictions of what might happen are highly nuanced, and subject to a variety of “what-if?” considerations. But Poten’s analytical team suggests that overall seaborne LNG ... (full story)