GasLog Ltd. and GasLog Partners LP to Assume Commercial Control of LNG Carriers Operating in The Spot Market
Monaco, June 06, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GasLog Ltd. (“GasLog” or the “Company”) (NYSE:GLOG) and GasLog Partners LP (GasLog Partners or the “Partnership”) (NYSE: GLOP) (together the “Group”) announced today a decision to assume commercial control of their vessels currently operating in the LNG carrier spot market through The Cool Pool. The Cool Pool is an LNG carrier pooling agreement between GasLog and Golar LNG Ltd. (“Golar”), focusing exclusively on spot fixtures of up to 12 months in duration. Golar’s declared intention to spin off its spot LNG vessels, coupled with the Group’s belief that robust LNG commodity supply and demand fundamentals will lead to a tightening LNG shipping market and increased multi-year charter opportunities, has led it to decide to withdraw its vessels from The Cool Pool. Assuming commercial control of these vessels will allow the Group greater flexibility and agility in pursuing longer-term time charter opportunities. This will enhance the Group’s ability to deliver on its strategic objective of optimizing fleet employment across spot and term markets and maximizing vessel utilization, earnings and value. It is anticipated that the five vessels owned by GasLog and the one vessel owned by GasLog Partners currently operating in the spot market will withdraw from The Cool Pool over coming months, based upon current commitments and charter opportunities. Paul Wogan, Chief Executive Officer of GasLog, stated “I would like to thank our Cool Pool partners for their collaboration over the past four years. However, with Golar’s declared intention to spin off its LNG vessels and a tightening of the LNG carrier market now underway, we believe it is the right time to assume control of our vessel marketing as we seek to place more vessels on longer-term charters to optimize the earnings of our fleet through the cycle. This move is underpinned by increasing levels of customer enquiry in multi-month and multi-year charters.” Andrew Orekar, Chief Executive Officer of GasLog Partners, stated “The Partnership remains focused on delivering cash flow visibility for our unitholders, and today’s decision to withdraw the GasLog Shanghai from The Cool Pool will enhance our ability to secure an attractive term charter for this vessel.” Contacts: Phil Corbett Joseph Nelson Email: ir@gaslogltd.com The GasLog and GasLog Partners LNG carriers currently operating in The Cool Pool are:
1. TFDE = Tri-fuel diesel electric About GasLog Ltd. GasLog is an international owner, operator and manager of LNG carriers providing support to international energy companies as part of their LNG logistics chain. GasLog’s consolidated fleet consists of 34 LNG carriers and an additional LNG carrier which was sold to a subsidiary of Mitsui Co. Ltd. and leased back under a long-term bareboat charter. 20 of these vessels (12 ships on the water and eight on order) are owned by GasLog with the remaining 15 LNG carriers being owned by the Company’s subsidiary, GasLog Partners LP. GasLog's principal executive offices are at Gildo Pastor Center, 7 Rue du Gabian, MC 98000, Monaco. About GasLog Partners LP GasLog Partners is a growth-oriented master limited partnership focused on owning, operating and acquiring LNG carriers under multi-year charters. GasLog Partners' fleet consists of 15 LNG carriers with an average carrying capacity of approximately 158,000 cbm. GasLog Partners’ principal executive offices are located at Gildo Pastor Center, 7 Rue du Gabian, MC 98000, Monaco. Visit GasLog Partners’ website at http://www.gaslogmlp.com. Forward-Looking Statements All statements in this press release that are not statements of historical fact are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements that address activities, events or developments that GasLog and GasLog Partners expect, project, believe or anticipate will or may occur in the future, particularly in relation to our operations, cash flows, financial position, liquidity and cash available for dividends or distributions, plans, strategies, business prospects and changes and trends in our business and the markets in which we operate. We caution that these forward-looking statements represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this press release, about factors that are beyond our ability to control or predict, and are not intended to give any assurance as to future results. Any of these factors or a combination of these factors could materially affect future results of operations and the ultimate accuracy of the forward-looking statements. Accordingly, you should not unduly rely on any forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause future results and outcomes to differ include, but are not limited to, the following:
GasLog and GasLog Partners undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements contained in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events, a change in our views or expectations or otherwise. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all of these factors. Further, we cannot assess the impact of each such factor on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to be materially different from those contained in any forward-looking statement.
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