Charter rates for LNG carriers and market sentiment is rising, according to Flex LNG.

Company chief executive Oystein Kalleklev said headline rates for modern two stroke LNG tonnage fell from $55,000 per day to $60,000 per day in March to daily levels of $35,000 to $40,000 where they have remained until early August.

He said the biggest change in the second quarter was on ballast bonus sentiment with many voyages were being done on one-way economics.