Shipbroker Howe Robinson is moving into LNG and has hired an experienced industry figure to kick off a new business venture.

Managing partner Henry Liddell, who specialises in tankers and project business, confirmed that the shop has hired Debbie Turner to start its operations. She joined this week as a senior broker and will be based in London.

Turner, who has worked at Braemar Shipping Services and what was Platou LNG, left shipbroker Simpson Spence Young late last year, having worked there for ­almost six years as a director of its LNG team.