Cool Company expects to fix two newbuildings delivering in the second half of 2024 “well in advance” of their handover dates, despite a slow build into the winter market this year.

In a conference call to discuss the Idan Ofer-controlled LNG shipowner’s earnings, executives were challenged as to why the two 174,000-cbm newbuildings — Kool Tiger and Kool Panther — were not yet fixed.