Jan 16 (LNGJ) - China is receiving ample January LNG shipments as about 20 carriers proceed to the network of import terminals with cargoes from nations such as Qatar, Nigeria, Australia and the US. Among the planned shipments, the 160,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “Arctic Aurora” is scheduled to unload a cargo on January 18 at the Ningbo facility in Zhenjiang province from the Queensland Curtis plant in Australia, according to shipping data. The 174,100 cubic metres capacity “Cesi Gladstone” will unload a shipment on January 21 at the northeast port of Tianjin from the Australia-Pacific LNG plant in Queensland.
The 148,300 cubic metres capacity carrier “LNG Ondo” will deliver a cargo on January 24 to the Qidong terminal in Jiangsu province from the Nigeria LNG plant on Bonny Island. The 170,050 cubic metres capacity carrier “Hoegh Giant” is scheduled to arrive on January 25 at the Chinese port of Tianjin with a cargo from the US Sabine Pass plant in Louisiana. The 266,000 cubic metres capacity Q-Max carrier “Al Dafna” will deliver a cargo on January 25 to PetroChina’s Tangshan terminal in northeast Hebei province from Ras Laffan in Qatar. The 210,100 cubic metres capacity Q-Flex vessel “Al Ruwais” will deliver a Qatargas cargo on January 28 to the Tangshan facility. The 145,700 cubic metres capacity carrier “LNG Benue” is also scheduled to arrive at Tangshan with a Nigerian cargo on January 29.
