LNG

Our brokers specialise in delivering comprehensive project-based solutions tailored to the unique needs of clients in the LNG sector.

From facilitating long-term charters to overseeing newbuilding projects and structuring sale/leaseback arrangements, our team leverages its extensive industry knowledge and global network to navigate the intricate challenges of the LNG market.

In tandem with our project-focused approach, Gibson Shipbrokers’ Research Desk plays a crucial role in enhancing our LNG Service. We go beyond traditional brokerage services by offering detailed LNG market analysis, long-term forecasts, and advisory services.

LNG in numbers

690+

LNG carriers on the water

300+

LNG carriers on order

413m

Tonnes per annum of LNG shipped in 2024

LNG Team

Gerrit Stricker

Head Of LNG

Department: LNG

Location: London

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Matt Coates

Research Analyst

Department: Consultancy & Research

Location: London

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Romain Grandbesancon

Senior Broker

Department: LNG

Location: London

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Tonci Tokic

LNG Business Developer

Department: LNG

Location: Singapore

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Tanker Market Report 28.08.26

No Margin for Error

US refinery maintenance typically peaks in October, a season that has historically weighed on freight. This year appears different with very little currently confirmed for the autumn, as robust margins keep refiners from taking units offline. Last week, US refinery utilisation clocked in at 97.4%, the highest level since 2018. This dynamic should keep product tankers well supported across the US Gulf through Q4.

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Tanker Market Report 21.08.26

Crossed Wakes

The crude vessel segments have crossed wakes this year — moving in different directions even as they share the same waters. Crude ton-miles softened overall in 2026 to date, though Suezmaxes and Aframaxes picked up share even as VLCCs came under pressure.

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Tanker Market Report 14.08.26

Running Low

Panama Canal auction prices have hit record highs this month, driven by falling Gatun Lake water levels and an intensifying El Niño. Water levels are indeed falling ahead of the dry season and have now slipped below the long-term average for this time of year.

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Tanker Market Report 07.08.26

Black Sea Blues

Feature Story Crude Oil Clean Products Dirty Products Rates & Bunkers Black Sea Blues After the disruption at the start of the year, when crude export volumes averaged just 1 mbd over the winter season, the CPC terminal enjoyed several months of smooth operations and healthy cargo flow. CPC delivered crude has been a reliable […]

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Tanker Market Report 31.07.26

Prisoners of Geography

As the War in the Middle East drags on, Middle East exporters continue to adapt operations as best they can, with their specific geography and access to routes bypassing the Strait of Hormuz being the primary success factor. Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Oman, who all have access to domestic ports outside Hormuz, have emerged as the “winners”, but still lack sufficient alternative export routes. Iraq has access to the Mediterranean via Turkey and has been trucking fuel oil via Syria but is vulnerable to regional politics and bilateral relations. As regional producers push ahead with expanding their export options outside of Hormuz, monitoring the development of these projects is critical to determining longer term demand trends for tankers.

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Tanker Market Report 24.07.26

Structural Checkmate

With the Houthis declaring a full naval blockade specifically against Saudi Arabia on 20 July and threatening any vessel calling at Saudi ports, the southern Red Sea faces heightened security risk. Within days of the announcement, the Houthi’s claimed strikes on two tankers have effectively paralyzed direct Yanbu-to-East exports through the Bab-el-Mandeb.

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Tanker Market Report 17.07.26

Diesel Drought

With the Middle East crisis at the forefront of everyone’s minds, a second, more slowly building supply shock has flown somewhat under the radar. However, when on the 8th of July Russia banned diesel exports for the rest of the month, a significant share of the world’s seaborne diesel supply was suddenly removed, tightening a market already stretched thin. Some supply will still flow to the market, as supplies under pre-existing government agreements will be exempt from the restrictions. The result has been record high diesel refining margins in the US and Europe, whilst in the East, refining margins rose but are yet to return to the highs seen in March.

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Tanker Market Report 10.07.26

Can the US Keep It Up?

Over the course of more than 100 days of the Strait of Hormuz closure, the US proved to be the single most important source of replacement barrels, both for crude and clean products. With the ceasefire unravelling and attacks in the Strait resuming, exports from the Middle East Gulf are unlikely to recover anytime soon. The need for replacement barrels therefore remains significant but can the US continue to deliver at such elevated levels?

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Tanker Market Report 03.07.26

Flow Recovers

The Middle East tanker market in June was shaped by a cautious recovery as a temporary US-Iran ceasefire helped boost regional transit activity. Both crude and clean product exports saw a significant jump in volumes, offering a welcome lift to regional loadings. However, the increase in activity was quickly met by a growing influx of available vessels, which began outpacing demand and putting downward pressure on record-high spot rates.

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Tanker Market Report 26.06.26

Trumping 2025

Feature Story Crude Oil Clean Products Dirty Products Rates & Bunkers Trumping 2025 After a chaotic 2025 dominated by tariffs, trade wars, actual wars and sanctions, it seemed hard to imagine 2026 could trump the chaos of last year. Yet, that thesis was proven wrong after just three days with the US President using 2025 […]

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Tanker Market Report 19.06.26

Fourteen Points

After more than three months of disruption, the prospect of the Iran conflict drawing to a close appears higher than ever. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Iran and the US, signed twice over the past week, sets out fourteen points charting a path towards normalisation.

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Tanker Market Report 12.06.26

Too Much of a Good Thing

Feature Story Crude Oil Clean Products Dirty Products Rates & Bunkers Too Much of a Good Thing The Strait of Hormuz has been largely blocked since late February but despite an unprecedented energy crisis, tanker ordering activity for large carriers has intensified notably this year, especially for VLCCs, the segment that is arguably the most […]

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Tanker Market Report 05.06.26

Resilient VLCCs

The global VLCC market appears to have entered a phase of cautious stabilisation with freight rates retracing from their war-driven peak back toward pre-war benchmarks. The severe freefall many anticipated from structural tonnage oversupply has so far been avoided.

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