A few weeks ago Stolt-Nielsen's top managers revealed that there were in advanced discussions with one shipyard based in Asia for two vessels tailor made to serve a developing LNG terminal onshore in the Italian port of Oristano, Sardinia. The ship order was subject to the release of the final approval on the project from the Sardinia region which came just yesterday thus allowing the project to go ahead. In the next few days Stolt-Nielsen is therefore expected to proceed signing the shipbuilding contract with Keppel.