Kato reveals JERA’s shift to a flexible LNG shipping strategy

Japanese trader JERA is moving away from a project-based LNG shipping portfolio and expects to grow its fleet as its business expands.

Speaking to TradeWinds, Yuichiro Kato, JERA executive officer and head of the LNG transactions group in business development department where he is responsible for LNG shipping, said the company had been operating its LNG vessels between each dedicated project and terminals in Japan.