LNG

Sept 23 (LNGJ) - Hokkaido Electric Power, the Japanese utility, said it received its first US LNG cargo delivered to the Ishikariwan Shinko Power Plant. The shipment originated at Freeport LNG in Texas and was based on a spot sales contract concluded between Hokkaido Electric and the largest Japanese LNG trader, JERA Global Markets.

   The shipment was delivered by the 177,000 cubic metres capacity LNG carrier “Shinshu Maru”, owned by Trans-Pacific Shipping, a joint venture comprising JERA and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line).