LNG shipping has had a mixed year and is ending 2014 on a confused note as the tumbling global oil price drags down that of LNG, leaving questions hanging over how some business will unfold.

The LNG charter market held up better than expected through the first six months of 2014 and into the second half of this year against an expected delivery flood of speculatively ordered LNG newbuildings and a dearth of new LNG production.

But