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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From crude oil to refined products we facilitate the chartering and brokerage of tankers.

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Specialised & Chemical Tankers

Offering specialised solutions, we manage the chartering and brokerage of chemical tankers.

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Catering for the specific needs of clients in project and time charter requirements.

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Providing valuable insights and strategic advice to empower our clients with market intelligence and analysis.

LNG

Facilitating chartering solutions to ensure the efficient and secure transportation of LNG.

Dry Cargo

Managing and actioning the chartering and brokerage of dry bulk commodities.

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Tanker Market Report 15.05.26

EU keeps the pressure on

Whilst the world’s attention remains firmly focused on Iran, the EU’s 20th sanctions package has perhaps undeservingly received little attention. Yet, the fact that the EU continues to push ahead with further sanctions amid an unprecedented energy crisis is a clear indication that the EU’s stance on Russia remains unchanged.

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Tanker Market Report 08.05.26

Clean-to-Dirty

Clean to dirty switching first gathered pace in the fourth quarter of 2025 with recent geopolitical developments further accelerating dirty ups in recent months. With the outbreak of war paralysing the Middle East Gulf, approximately 2.4mbd of clean products have been removed from the tanker the market. With regional crude exports and refining activity subdued, tonnage fled the East in a mass exodus toward the Atlantic Basin in search of employment.

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Tanker Market Report 01.05.26

OPEXIT

Earlier this week, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) confirmed its exit from OPEC. Whilst an exit had been mooted before, the timing of the announcement surprised many given the ongoing Middle East war. With Hormuz effectively closed, and oil production shut in across the region, Abu Dhabi’s announcement will not impact oil markets today. However, in the long term, oil prices, production and tanker demand could all feel the impact.

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Tanker Market Report 24.04.26

MRs in focus

The conflict in Iran concludes its eighth week and tanker markets are adapting to the new reality. In the East, clean exports are so far this month averaging the lowest levels in over a decade, in large part due to nearly inexistent exports from the Middle East Gulf (MEG), but also due to a lack of feedstock, especially for Asian refiners, alongside protectionist policies barring exports from some countries. In contrast to this, West of Suez clean exports are near record monthly highs.

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Tanker Market Report 17.04.26

The Clock is Ticking

We have covered the Iran conflict extensively in recent weeks, and this week is no exception. Given the importance of Middle East Gulf trade flows, everything else pales in comparison. In perhaps the most significant development since hostilities began, Iran’s foreign minister has just announced that the Strait of Hormuz is open to all commercial vessels transiting via a coordinated route for the remaining duration of ceasefire. Whether this translates into a meaningful resumption of traffic remains to be seen.

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Tanker Market Report 10.04.26

Fragile Hiatus

The two-week ceasefire announced on April 7 between the US and Iran has introduced a flicker of optimism, though the reality remains fraught with risk. There are conflicting messages from the White House, confusion surrounding Lebanon, the terms of the Strait of Hormuz reopening, and President Trump’s willingness to cooperate on the removal of nuclear materials as a de-escalation measure, which appears to be a unilateral US proposal rather than a settled term of the truce. The ceasefire is better viewed as a tenuous, high-stakes diplomatic window rather than a definitive step toward normalization. High-level diplomacy is currently being undermined by intense Israeli military activity in Lebanon, which Tehran cites as a breach of the deal’s spirit.

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Tanker Market Report 27.03.26

Aftershock

With so much short-term uncertainty surrounding the Middle East War, most are focused on the near-term implications. However, the conflict will have lasting impacts…

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Tanker Market Report 20.03.26

Upstream Under Attack

The past few days have seen the conflict extend beyond chokepoint disruption into direct strikes on production and refining infrastructure across the Gulf. Following Israel’s attack on Iran’s South Pars gas field on Wednesday, Iran retaliated with drone and missile strikes on energy facilities in Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait. Qatar’s Ras Laffan industrial complex was targeted, and Abu Dhabi’s Habshan gas facility and Bab oil field were shut down. Drone strikes caused fires at Kuwait’s Mina Al-Ahmadi (346 kbd) and Mina Abdullah (454 kbd) refineries, with the former being struck repeatedly, forcing a shutdown of the refinery. The SAMREF refinery in Yanbu and Haifa refinery in Israel were also struck, with damage still being assessed. After a brief pause over the weekend, attacks on vessels continued this week, as a ship was struck off Ras Laffan, and another off Khor Fakkan. Since 28 February, the UKMTO has reported a total of 19 attacks on commercial vessels.

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Tanker Projects 20.03.26

Gibson Weekly Projects Report – 20 March

Gibson Weekly Projects Report

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Tanker Market Report 13.03.26

Locked Strait

The crisis in the Middle East shows no signs of abating. Attacks on oil infrastructure in the region have continued, and multiple vessels have been hit. Transit through the SOH remains effectively blocked, with just a few tankers crossing Hormuz since the outset of hostilities. With storage filling up, Gulf countries have been forced to shut production and refining capacity.

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Tanker Market Report 06.03.26

Middle East Mayhem

The first week of the US-Israel military campaign against Iran has drawn to a close, but what happens in the weeks to come remains extremely uncertain. The war has triggered a global energy shipping crisis of epic proportions, with cascading effects across oil markets, tanker freight, and petrochemical supply chains.

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Tanker Market Report 27.02.26

VLCCs on fire

The VLCC market has reawakened with force. Benchmark TD3C earnings have surged to above $200,000/day, a level not seen since May 2020. The scale and speed of the move has upended market expectations. The move is not simply a function of rising cargo volumes; it reflects tightening tonnage availability, expanding tonne-mile demand, concentrated ownership, and an increasingly fragile geopolitical backdrop.

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Tanker Market Report 20.02.26

Port Fee Saga

It is likely that many people in the shipping industry were hoping we had seen the last of additional port tariffs in October, after the US Trade Representative’s (USTR) Section 301 tariffs targeting Chinese owned, operated or built ships were put on hold for a year, with China also lifting its own retaliatory measures. However, after causing havoc in 2025, the port fee saga has its latest instalment. On Friday the 13th of February, the Trump administration published their most recent plan to restore America’s maritime dominance.

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