Flex LNG's Oystein Kalleklev thinks LNG carrier rates can stay sky high.

Speaking with J Mintzmyer on the Value Investors Edge Live podcast, Kalleklev said the combination of a cold winter and Panama Canal congestion could maintain rates assessed as high as $160,000 per day by Poten & Partners on Tuesday.

"How this winter weather plays out will have a big impact on not only the [first quarter] freight market, because if you have a very good winter ...