A Japanese charterer is rumoured to have agreed a daily charter rate of up to $200,000 on an LNG carrier relet in what is an exceptionally tight market, brokers said.

Reports were running round the market today that the 162,000-cbm Adam LNG (built 2014) had been fixed to JERA-controlled LNG Marine Transport (LMT) as a relet from trader Trafigura at the super-hot rate.