United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) has become the latest shipowner to plans to develop LNG as a fuel in the Middle East region.

The Dubai-based shipowner has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Qatargas and Shell as part of the initiative.

The deal will see LNG from Qatar Petroleum and Shell’s Qatargas 4 venture to be used to fuel UASC’s recently-built LNG ready containerships.

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