JERA, the world’s largest buyer of LNG, has agreed a long-term charter for an LNG carrier newbuilding with John Angelicoussis.

The charter period for the Maran Gas Maritime vessel is 12 years firm starting from around 2020, the Japanese energy giant confirmed.

The charter deal with Angelicoussis was agreed at the same time as JERA signed a similar deal with John Livanos-backed GasLog, but went unreported.