Shell carrier that lifted first Cove Point cargo was moored at Elba Island plant in Georgia
The Royal Dutch Shell LNG carrier “Gemmata” with 138,100 cubic metres capacity was moored at the Elba Island LNG export plant near Savannah in the state of Georgia, the sixth US export plant to come on stream since 2016.
US Cove Point LNG starts up its commercial operations for Japanese and Indian customers
Dominion Energy said its US Cove Point LNG export plant on Chesapeake Bay in Maryland has formally started commercial operations five weeks after the first cargo was loaded.
Shell LNG carrier to unload first cargo from US Cove Point plant at UK terminal on March 21
The second US liquefied natural gas export plant to come on stream in the Lower 48 States, the Cove Point facility in Maryland, is delivering its first cargo to the UK port of Milford Haven on March 21.
Shell LNG carrier departs from Cove Point liquefaction and export plant in Maryland
The 138,100 cubic metres capacity vessel “Gemmata”, operated by Shell Shipping, departed the Cove Point LNG export plant on Chesapeake Bay carrying the first shipment from the facility, owned by Dominion Energy.
US domestic natural gas demand remains flat as first LNG cargo set to depart Maryland plant
US domestic natural gas demand remained flat and supplies rose slightly, while LNG exports from the Sabine Pass liquefaction plant in Louisiana amounted to six cargoes and the first shipment was scheduled to leave the new Cove Point facility in Maryland.
Russian LNG cargo
Feb 26 (LNGJ) - The 172,600 cubic metres capacity carrier “Christophe de Margerie”, is scheduled to deliver a shipment on March 2 to the Dutch Gate import terminal in Rotterdam from the Russian Yamal plant in Siberia, according to shipping data. The 138,100 cubic metres capacity vessel Gemmata, operated by Shell Shipping, is scheduled to arrive on March 1 at the US Cove Point export plant in Maryland, owned by Dominion Energy, after previously docking at the Peru LNG plant at Pampa Melchorita.
LNG ship movements
April 26 (LNGJ) – The 136,000 cubic metres capacity ship “Raahi” is due to unload a cargo from Qatargas on April 27 at the Indian Dahej terminal near Mumbai, operated by Petronet, according to shipping data. The 145,700 cubic metres capacity “LNG Benue” will deliver a cargo on April 28 to the Montoir-de-Bretagne import terminal in Western France from the Bonny Island export plant in Nigeria. The 138,100 cubic metres capacity vessel “Gemmata”, operated by Shell Shipping, is scheduled to lift a cargo on April 28 from the Cheniere Energy export plant at Sabine Pass in the US state of Louisiana. The 148,300 cubic metres capacity “LNG Ondo” will unload a Nigerian cargo on May 1 at the Sagunto import terminal in eastern Spain. The 148,470 cubic metres capacity vessel “LNG Kano” is due to deliver a shipment on May 7 to the Kuwaiti import facility at Mina Al-Ahmadi from the Nigeria LNG plant.
