Gazprom Marketing & Trading (GM&T) is taking a longer look at the specifications for a planned clutch of LNG carrier newbuildings it plans to take on time charter from shipowners despite the growing crush of enquiries for LNG berths at shipyards.

GM&T is understood to be making “a final review” with selected shipowners as to what would give it the best fit for the intended trades of its planned “Gaz Ice” LNG carriers.

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