January opened with fewer Atlantic fixtures and softer LNG carrier benchmarks, while new order entries referenced multi-year charters and 174,000-m³ ships

Business & Finance Floating LNG

Genting FLNG hull launched at Nantong

06 Jan 2026by Craig Jallal

Genting FLNG hull work finished in Nantong, with topsides integration next, as work progresses on FLNG’s Indonesia deployment plans in West Papua

Floating LNG Shipbuilding & Design

Small-scale LNG enters capacity-led growth phase in 2026

01 Jan 2026by Craig Jallal

New bunkering tonnage, bioLNG plants and downstream projects indicate a capacity-led growth phase for small-scale LNG from 2026 onwards

Small Scale LNG

Consolidation reshapes small-scale LNG in 2025

31 Dec 2025by Craig Jallal

Deals in Europe and the US, plus new bunker tonnage and bioLNG contracts, altered the shape of small-scale LNG in 2025

Small Scale LNG

Somtrans LNG bunker barge to start work in ARA in 2026

25 Dec 2025by Craig Jallal

United LNG I sports eight Type C tanks and will carry out LNG bunkering work in ARA

Business & Finance Floating LNG Fuels & Lubricants Shipbuilding & Design

Centrica completes Grain LNG acquisition, data-led maintenance programme explained

18 Dec 2025by Craig Jallal

AI and drones contribute to new maintenance and inspection practices at Centrica’s latest acquisition

Business & Finance Digitalisation Fleet Performance & Maintenance

Spanish group to run Port Kembla terminal in Australia

10 Dec 2025by Craig Jallal

An operator has been chosen for the FSRU-based LNG import terminal due to come online in 2026 to relieve eastern Australian projected gas shortages

Business & Finance Floating LNG Ports & Terminals

BioLNG bunker operation completed in Italy

08 Dec 2025by Craig Jallal

What is believed to be Italy’s first ship-to-ship bioLNG bunkering operation took place in Genoa-Palermo

Air Pollution & GHG Emissions Floating LNG Ports & Terminals

Mapping out Qatar’s next decade of LNG exports

27 Nov 2025by Craig Jallal

Qatar is to nearly double LNG capacity by the 2030s, testing how far flexible trading and price-sensitive Asian demand could absorb a looming global supply wave

Business & Finance

Opinion

Air Pollution & GHG Emissions Alternative Fuels Marine Propulsion Marine Propulsion & Auxiliary Machinery Regulations & Compliance

Can Europe’s new e-fuel strategy for maritime help solve the fuel availability conundrum?

WFW’s Valentina Keys discusses how the EU’s Sustainable Transport Investment Plan reaffirms the European Commission’s commitment to supporting maritime decarbonisation

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2026 in marine environmental protection: rules tighten to reduce ship discharges post-2026

13 Jan 2026by Craig Jallal

Analyst / Bank Forecasts Business & Finance Dry Cargo Forecasts Regulations & Compliance Ship Recycling

2026 in dry bulk: more ships, lower average earnings

09 Jan 2026by Craig Jallal

Business & Finance Forecasts Tanker Shipping & Trade Tankers

2026 in tanker shipping and trade: deliveries, decarbonisation, shifting geopolitics

07 Jan 2026by Craig Jallal

Alternative Fuels Artificial Intelligence (AI)Fuels & Lubricants Hybrid Electric & Fuel Cells Int. Tug & Salvage IoT LNG as a fuel Marine Propulsion Methanol Ports Shipbuilding & Design Tug & Salvage Tug & Towage Services Tugs / Workboats Vessel Monitoring Vessel Optimisation

2026 in tug and salvage: electric and methanol-fuelled tugs arrive

31 Dec 2025by Martyn Wingrove

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Autonomous Vessels Bridge Equipment Bridge Systems Communications Digital Twins Digitalisation ECDIS Floating LNG Home Maritime Optimisation & Communications Navigation Optimisation & Communication Ports Satellite Communications Vessel Optimisation Voyage Planning VSAT

2026 in maritime optimisation and communications: key digitalisation technologies to transform shipping

31 Dec 2025by Martyn Wingrove

Business & Finance Floating LNG LNG Shipping LNG Shipping & Terminals

The size of the prize

30 Dec 2025by Craig Jallal

Offshore Wind Offshore Wind Journal Offshore Wind Policy

2026 in the offshore wind industry: the beginning of a much-needed reset

30 Dec 2025by David Foxwell

Alternative Fuels Ballast Water Treatment Technology Fuels & Lubricants Maritime Environmental Protection Regulations & Compliance

2025 in marine environmental protection: politics stall progress on net zero

29 Dec 2025by Craig Jallal

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Maritime Regulations Webinar Week

16 Dec 2025

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On 16 December, Riviera will be holding a webinar on how to achieve IMO compliance while powering sustainable shipping practices.

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Floating energy: successfully unlocking stranded gas using FLNGs and FSRUs

24 Feb 2026

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Stranded gas represents untapped value and floating LNG and FSRUs offer the quickest way to monetise it. To capitalise on these opportunities, you must master both the technology behind floating gas ...

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