HOUSTON, Texas -- Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen and Indonesia's Pertamina International Shipping (PIS) plan to launch a liquefied natural gas transport business.
The partners will transport LNG from the Tangguh project being operated in Indonesia by British energy major BP with partners including Japanese trading house Mitsubishi Corp., CEO Yoki Firnandi said. Their LNG carriers will be co-owned under a joint venture to be created as early as this year.
