MISC is to order up to eight LNG carrier newbuildings shortly.
The Malaysian state-owned shipowning company is expected to launch a tender for LNG newbuildings to serve upcoming tonnage requirements.
Industry players say MISC could require up to eight newbuildings to be ordered in phases.
They link MISC's planned newbuilding project to MISC parent Petronas’s requirements for tonnage to serve its two planned FLNG projects.
Sources suggest a tender could be issued by the end of this year or early next year.