Each LNG ship cargo tank is provided with equipment indicating 👉 Level, Pressure and Temperature of the cargo.

🎯 Pressure & Temperature:

Pressure gauges and temperature indicating devices are installed in the liquid and vapour piping systems, in cargo refrigerating installations and in the Inert gas system 🏭.

🎯 Level:

Each cargo tank is fitted with at least two 2️⃣ independent liquid level gauging devices. However, the IGC Code makes provision for a single system provided it is capable of external maintenance.

In addition, each cargo tank is fitted with High Level Alarm 🚨 operating independently of other Liquid Levels.

The illustration shows the temperature sensors and the level indicators inside an LNG membrane cargo tank.

The major expansion of Qatar’s liquefied natural gas capacity is set to be postponed until at least 2027 🚫 after drone strikes forced an unprecedented shutdown at the country’s main export hub 🔴.

The North Field East expansion is designed to add 32 million tons per year of LNG production capacity 💧 and forms part of a broader wave of new supply expected to enter global markets over the remainder of the decade, aimed at lifting Qatar’s production toward 142 million tons per year by 2030 🚀.

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QatarEnergy’s force majeure declaration on LNG exports has put Asian buyers into a predicament of having to replace about a fifth of their contracted LNG supply 🚨.

South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan are most vulnerable to the loss of Qatari term LNG supply, which accounts for between 15% to 35% of their total gas supply 💧.

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Shell, the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) trader, has declared force majeure on LNG cargoes 🚨 it buys from QatarEnergy and sells to its clients worldwide

Qatar, the world’s second largest exporter of LNG, announced last week a production halt at a facility that produces 77 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) ❌ and declared force majeure on LNG shipments.

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Bangladesh has bought three liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes on the spot market at higher prices 📈, as it scrambles to steady supplies amid disruptions from the escalations in Middle East.

State-run Petrobangla has increasingly turned to the volatile spot market to bridge the supply gap 💧

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Authorities in Malta are closely monitoring the hulk of the Russian gas carrier Arctic Metagas as it drifts toward the island nation 🎯.

Earlier reports had said the vessel had sunk after a devastating fire last week 🔥, but now it is reported to be approaching Malta.

The Maltese authorities issued a warning to mariners about the hulk. They ordered ships to remain at least five nautical miles away from the hulk 🌎.

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Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has taken a minority stake in V.Ships France 💵 while expanding a long-running partnership covering LNG vessels.

The Tokyo-based shipping giant has acquired a 25% shareholding in the Nantes-based shipmanager through its subsidiary MOL Euro Energie 📊. Parent company V Group will retain the remaining 75%.

V.Ships France will take full technical management of two newbuild LNG carriers 🚢 being delivered to energy group INEOS in 2027.

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At least seven LNG carriers have diverted from Europe to Asia 📉 over the past few days as cargo competition intensifies amid escalating tensions in the Middle East

Most vessels now diverting from Europe to Asia are carrying US-sourced cargoes, while three are transporting Nigerian volumes 💧.

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South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean shipyard has held a naming ceremony in Geoje for two liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels, which will enrich the LNG carrier fleet of Poland’s Orlen Group 🎊.

The vessels, Danuta Siedzikówna-Inka and Rotmistrz Witold Pilecki have a capacity of 174,000 cubic meters (cbm) of LNG 💧.

With the addition of the new vessels, Orlen’s LNG carrier fleet numbers eight 8️⃣ ships, which enlarges the company’s LNG transport logistics capabilities. 

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GTT secured an order from HD KSOE in the first quarter of 2026 for the tank design of a new LNG vessel 🤝, which will be built by the HD Hyundai Samho shipyard on behalf of the ship-owner Sonangol.

The vessel’s cryogenic tanks, with a total capacity of 174,000 cubic meters (cbm) 💧, will be fitted with the French player’s Mark III Flex membrane containment system. The delivery of the vessel is scheduled for the second quarter of 2028 🎊.

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Thailand Minister of Energy in talks Cheniere Energy, one of the world’s major LNG producers in the United States 🤝 to increase LNG supply to Thailand and expedite delivery schedules amid potential market disruptions related to Middle East tensions 🚨.

The parties discussed raising LNG deliveries to Thailand under the current contract from 1 million to 1.3 million tons per year 💧 for the remaining 15 years, through 2041

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FSRU Toscana Terminal received its first Small Scale LNG (SSLNG) cargo🥇, marking the operational launch of commercial activities for this new service, which is essential for completing the liquefied natural gas logistics chain in Italy 📍.

The first cargo, amounting to 4,000 m³ 💧, was delivered by the small LNG carrier ‘Green Zeebrugge’ operated by Axpo Group. 

With this first fully Italian bunkering operation, FSRU Toscana is the first Terminal in Italy to offer SSLNG service 🚢, which is essential for providing concrete support for the decarbonization of the maritime and land transport sectors.

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Enagás and Axpo have rolled out a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering vessel in southwestern Spain 📍.

The 12,500-cubic-meter (cbm) Alisios LNG, owned by Enagás through its Scale Green Energy subsidiary and chartered by Axpo for commercial use, is expected to operate along the southern coast of the Iberian Peninsula 🌎 and promote the use of LNG and bio-LNG as transitional fuels for maritime transport 💧.

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🚢 The Arctic Metagaz is still afloat… and refuses to sink.

Despite the major incident, the severe hull damage, and cargo tank openings, the vessel has remarkably remained afloat.

For those who work in the LNG industry, this is another powerful reminder of how robust LNG carrier design really is. Even after significant structural damage, the ship’s overall integrity and buoyancy are still holding.

These vessels are engineered with multiple safety layers and strong structural redundancy, and what we are seeing here is a real-world demonstration of that engineering.