Arctic LNG 2 passes its 2025 total in H1-2026, the long way round
Sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 has already despatched more LNG to China this year than in the whole of 2025. LNG Journal's own research shows 24 cargoes totalling 1.49 MMt sailed for China by 16 July on a sailed-date basis, against 17 cargoes and 1.05 MMt across all of last year, a total passed as early as 19 May.
Cape routing held into June, most of it still at sea
The Shafallah loaded at Plaquemines in late June, booked for Świnoujście. It is now in the equatorial Atlantic off Brazil, steering south-east and declared for Incheon in South Korea. The Polish delivery has gone, and a cargo bought for northern Europe is now tracking east for Asia.
Red Sea pull-out
Feb 6 (LNGJ) - CMA CGM, the French containership company based in Marseille that has the most vessels running on LNG fuel and with regular routes into East Mediterranean ports including Beirut in Lebanon, has finally ended operations in the Red Sea because of mounting security concerns.
“CMA CGM informs its customers that until further notice, all services initially routed via the Red Sea passage will now follow the Cape of Good Hope routing,” explained the company. “The safety of our seafarers remains our priority at all times,” stated CMA CGM. The Red Sea southern approaches to the Suez Canal have been used for the past four months for attacks from Yemen on international shipping by Iran-backed terrorists.
