By the end of this year, start-up Global Energy Ventures (GEV) hopes to have a clear line of sight to a final investment decision (FID) on its first compressed natural gas (CNG) shipping project.

It is a slight tweak to the company’s original plan of signing a FID by the end of 2019 but executive chairman and chief executive Maurice Brand is “hopeful” and clearly working tirelessly on a raft of global projects to make this breakthrough venture happen.