Total-led Mozambique LNG is set to select within weeks the shipowners it plans to work with to provide up to 17 LNG carriers to serve its under-construction project in east Africa.

Sources close to the business said all seven pre-qualified owners remain in the frame for the work. They named Japan’s three largest shipowners — MOL, NYK Line and K Line — along with John Angelicoussis’ Maran Gas Maritime, Teekay LNG, GasLog and BW LNG.