global LNG tanker fleet having grown to 700 vessels at the end of 2021.
An LNG tanker with a 160,000 cubic meter storage capacity could be chartered at an average spot price of 89,200 U.S. dollars per day in 2021. This was a notable increase compared to the previous year, with the Average spot charter rate for a 160,000 cubic meter liquefied natural gas storage vessel worldwide from 2015 to 2021 (in U.S. dollars per day)
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GIIGNL. (May 5, 2022). Average spot charter rate for a 160,000 cubic meter liquefied natural gas storage vessel worldwide from 2015 to 2021 (in U.S. dollars per day) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 28, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1112660/lng-tanker-average-spot-charter-rate/
GIIGNL. "Average spot charter rate for a 160,000 cubic meter liquefied natural gas storage vessel worldwide from 2015 to 2021 (in U.S. dollars per day)." Chart. May 5, 2022. Statista. Accessed September 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1112660/lng-tanker-average-spot-charter-rate/
GIIGNL. (2022). Average spot charter rate for a 160,000 cubic meter liquefied natural gas storage vessel worldwide from 2015 to 2021 (in U.S. dollars per day). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1112660/lng-tanker-average-spot-charter-rate/
GIIGNL. "Average Spot Charter Rate for a 160,000 Cubic Meter Liquefied Natural Gas Storage Vessel Worldwide from 2015 to 2021 (in U.S. Dollars per Day)." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1112660/lng-tanker-average-spot-charter-rate/
GIIGNL, Average spot charter rate for a 160,000 cubic meter liquefied natural gas storage vessel worldwide from 2015 to 2021 (in U.S. dollars per day) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1112660/lng-tanker-average-spot-charter-rate/ (last visited September 28, 2023)
Average spot charter rate for a 160,000 cubic meter liquefied natural gas storage vessel worldwide from 2015 to 2021 (in U.S. dollars per day) [Graph], GIIGNL, May 5, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1112660/lng-tanker-average-spot-charter-rate/