Table of Contents
Preface
Challenging times ahead
Gary Smith, president, SIGTTO
Foreword
1.1 The early days
James MacHardy, general manager, SIGTTO
LPG Tankers and Infrastructure
2.1 A promising future
Colin Shelley, general manager, LPG and NGL consulting, Poten & Partners
2.2 A fabulous fuel for development
James Rockall, managing director, World LP Gas Association
2.3 The ugly duckling
Rebekka Glasser, assistant director, Bergesen dy ASA
2.4 Building a winning team
Truls H Rosenberg, Norgas Carriers, and Hans Verswijver, Mærsk Norgas Carriers
2.5 The challenge ahead
Patrick Tye, database manager, EA Gibson
2.6 The world’s first LPG FPSO
Sean Pellegrino, project manager, Sanha LPG FPSO, and David Moore, manager, marine upstream operations, ChevronTexaco
LNG Tankers and Terminals
3.1 Globally dedicated, locally focused
Yasushi Yamawaki, managing director, NYK Line, and director, SIGTTO
3.2 Asian shippers change tack
Divay Goel, director and head of India operations, Drewry Maritime Services
3.3 Bigger and better
Martin Clark, Petroleum Economist
3.4 Rising liquidity in the LNG market
Pooya Alai, Robert Gray, Michael Hurley and Andrew Matharu, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
3.5 The burgeoning spot market
Suryan Wirya-Simunovic, LNG shipping asset manager, BP
3.6 Limited-recourse financing of LNG carriers
Gaurav Seth, director, leasing and structured asset finance, ANZ Investment Bank
3.7 The US’ LNG renaissance
David M Sweet, executive director, International LNG Alliance
3.8 The fuel of the future
Howard Candelet, vice-president, BG LNG Services, Houston
Health, Safety and Environment
4.1 The role of classification societies
Mahmood Mumtaz, director, technology development, and Jim Gaughan, senior staff consultant, American Bureau of Shipping
4.2 Raising the safety bar
Stuart Brewer, senior information officer, Det Norske Veritas
4.3 The safety and security challenge
Oystein Bruno Larsen, senior vice-president, floating midstream solutions, Höegh LNG
4.4 Every accident is avoidable
Andrew Clifton, technical advisor, SIGTTO
4.5 Negotiating the best terms
Andrew Wilding, partner, Stephenson Harwood
5.1 LPG and LNG statistics
