NYK, K Line, MISC and China LNG order more gas ships

A quartet of Asian shipping powerhouses have won the next tranche of business in the huge QatarEnergy fleet expansion project. A consortium comprising Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) from Japan, Malaysia’s MISC and China LNG Shipping, the Cosco/China Merchants joint venture, have ordered five 174,000 cu m LNG carriers at