“The rates for the carrier market will stay and, even increase from where they are, certainly for the next two to three years,” he said. Hoegh LNG ended an agreement to lease a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) import vessel to Chile after approvals for the project were likely to be delayed again. The Chilean government said on Friday that it had not yet approved the project, which would have been Chile's first LNG-fueled ship since its construction in 2000. The unit, Esperanza, has instead been leased to China National Offshore Oil Corporation in a three-year charter deal.
Hoegh LNG ended an agreement to lease a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) import vessel to Chile after approvals for the project were likely to be delayed again. The Chilean government said on Friday that it had not yet approved the project, which would have been Chile's first LNG-fueled ship since its construction in 2000. The unit, Esperanza, has instead been leased to China National Offshore Oil Corporation in a three-year charter deal.