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In August 2003, J & S Cheniere secured the services of its first LNG vessel Tenaga Empat, owned and operated by the Malaysian International Shipping Company, through an 18 month time charter party agreement commencing in 2004. In August 2004,
J & S Cheniere signed two time charter party agreements (10 year) with Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd (K-Line). One LNG vessel with a cargo capacity of 145,000 cubic meters is being built by Kawasaki Shipbuilding and is expected to be delivered early 2008. The second LNG vessel with cargo capacity of 154,200 cubic meters is being built by Imabari Shipbuilding and is expected to be delivered in the second quarter of 2008. Both of these vessels will be operated by K-Line.
J & S Cheniere and Cheniere Marketing are continuing to negotiate LNG sale and purchase agreements that would provide for the sale by J & S Cheniere of approximately 78,475,000 MMBtus of stipulated maximum annual LNG reception quantity to Cheniere Marketing for delivery at each of the Cheniere Sabine Pass and Corpus Christi LNG receiving terminals.
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