Shipowner Flex LNG is closing in on spot business for its next-to-deliver, speculatively-ordered LNG carrier newbuilding.
Market sources said energy major BP has fixed the 173,400-cbm Flex Constellation on subjects for 20 to 40 days on an ex-yard basis.
Delivery voyages
No rate details were given, but shipowners pointed out that lower-than-market levels are often paid on delivery voyages.
