Less than 24 hours after a much-awaited liquefaction project in the US obtained the final go-ahead from investors, it started granting forward chartering deals to owners of LNG ships.

Dynagas LNG Partners announced on Thursday that in 2026, two of its vessels will enter into long-term agreements with Rio Grande LNG — a subsidiary of the NextDecade Corporation.

From spring 2026 onwards, the 150,000-cbm Clean Energy (built 2007) will begin employment at the freshly approved liquefaction project for two years.