FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin The UK P&I Club has examined the growing diversity of vessels, cargo hazards and risks in the gas carrier sector as global gas trade has evolved from a specialised niche into one of the most strategically important pillars of maritime energy. As major economies race to secure energy supplies, transition away from coal, stabilise power grids and advance decarbonisation goals, demand for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and an expanding range of new gaseous cargoes has surged. According to the UK Club, what was once a highly specialised field understood by a small group of experts has now become a core component of global energy security. RelatedNews Qatar sends its first LNG shipment through Hormuz since war started SSI: The priority is to move from crew welfare analysis to action var jnews_module_21370925_0_6a01de90a19d7 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21370925","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"1340,1695,721,528,210","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_po