LNG rates may go up and down, but carrier owners are emphasising the long term.

At a Marine Money Week panel in New York Wednesday, Hoegh LNG chief executive Sveinung Stohle said fluctuations in the market simply meant the market is working.

“Gas is being produced, gas is being shipped," Stohle said.

“This industry, you can forget about the political noise on this side of the Atlantic at the moment, LNG is doing extremely well.