LNG

Dec 5 (LNGJ) - Cargoes are heading to Germany, the UK and Belgium in the next week from Angola, the US and Qatar. The LNG carrier “Cubal” with 155,000 cubic metres capacity is due to unload a cargo on December 8 at the German North Sea port of Wilhelmshaven. The cargo was lifted on November 25 from the Soyo plant in the southwest African nation, according to shipping data.

   The “Gaslog Galveston” with 174,240 cubic metres capacity is scheduled to discharge a US cargo on December 9 at the UK South Hook import terminal at the port of Milford Haven. The cargo was lifted on November 21 from the Sabine Pass plant in Louisiana. The Qatari Q-Flex vessel “Tembek” with 211,880 of capacity is due to deliver a cargo from Qatar on December 9 to the Belgian import terminal at Zeebrugge. The shipment was loaded on November 18 at Ras Laffan in the Gulf.

April 17 (LNGJ) - Belgium and the Netherlands are scheduled to receive a combined seven cargoes in the coming week. They include one delivered to Zeebrugge on April 19 from Russia onboard the 172,600 cubic metres capacity carrier “Vladimir Vize”. The cargo was lifted from the Sabetta terminal in Siberia on April 12. A second shipment is headed for Zeebrugge from Angola. The carrier “Cubal” with 154,950 cubic metres of capacity is scheduled to berth on April 22.

   The Dutch Gate terminal in Rotterdam will receive a US cargo on April 18 discharged from the 176,300 cubic metres capacity “Rioja Knutsen” and lifted on April 4 from Sabine Pass in Louisiana. The “Gaslog Glasgow” with 174,000 cubic metres capacity will deliver another Sabine Pass cargo to the Netherlands on April 19 when it berths at the new Dutch facility at Eemshaven.

Dec 28 (LNGJ) - The 154,950 cubic metres capacity carrier “Cubal” was discharging a cargo from Angola on December 28 at the Isle of Grain LNG import terminal on the Medway River southeast of London, according to shipping data. The cargo was lifted on December 8 from the Soyo LNG export plant near the Congo River delta in southwest Africa.

Indian liquefied natural gas imports rose for a sixth month in the current fiscal year as volumes steadily increase from Qatar and the Atlantic Basin countries such as Nigeria and Angola.

Indian liquefied natural gas imports dropped by almost 18 percent, the second monthly decline after six straight months of increases, as deliveries were led by Qatar and cargoes were also supplied by African nations such as Nigeria and Angola.

Chinese LNG imports surged by 33 percent last month with cargoes from nations such as Australia, Angola, Cuba, Russia and Qatar and were also up in the January-July period by 47 percent as the Asian nation maintained its growing levels of natural gas demand amid the commercial start-ups of more import infrastructure.

Feb 27 (LNGJ) - The 75,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “Cheikh Bouamama” is unloading a shipment at the French Fos terminal near Mediterranean port of Marseilles from the Skikda plant in Algeria, according to shipping data. The 174,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Maran Gas Achilles” is scheduled to discharge a shipment on February 27 at the Yung-An import terminal in Taiwan from the Bontang plant in Indonesia. The 160,400 cubic metres capacity vessel “Soyo” will unload a cargo on February 28 at the Indian Dahej terminal, owned by Petronet LNG, from the Angola LNG plant in southwest Africa. The 160,400 cubic metres capacity carrier “Cubal” is scheduled to deliver an Angolan shipment on March 1 to the Chinese Zhuhai import terminal.