LNG

July 7 (LNGJ) - The laden LNG tanker “Georgiy Ushakov”, which is carrying a Russian cargo, was in the Bay of Biscay off the West Coast of France awaiting orders, according to shipping data. The 172,000 cubic metres capacity Bahamas-flagged carrier lifted a cargo on June 29 from the Yamal LNG export plant in Arctic Russia.

   The only other LNG carrier in the area was the 134,733 cubic metres vessel “Zekreet” on its way to Zeebrugge. The ship is scheduled to berth at the Belgian port on July 11 after leaving the Ras Laffan export plant in Qatar on June 20.

June 7 (LNGJ) - The Russian LNG carrier “Georgiy Ushakov”, with 172,000 cubic metres of capacity, is scheduled to arrive with a cargo on June 8 at the UK Isle of Grain LNG terminal on the Medway-Thames estuary southeast of London from the Yamal plant in northern Siberia. A second carrier, the 171,800 cubic metres capacity “Tessala”, is due at Grain LNG on the same day from the Algerian export plant at Arzew on the Mediterranean coast.

Shipments of LNG are continuing unabated on a small fleet of Arc-7 ice-class carriers from the Russian Yamal export plant in northern Siberia along the Northern Sea Route to North Asian destinations such as China and Taiwan.

Teekay LNG Partners recorded strong earnings for the fourth quarter and the full year after successfully completing its newbuild programme and securing attractive time-charters during the year amid the start-up of the Bahrain import project in the Gulf.