LNG

Jan 16 (LNGJ) - China is receiving ample January LNG shipments as about 20 carriers proceed to the network of import terminals with cargoes from nations such as Qatar, Nigeria, Australia and the US. Among the planned shipments, the 160,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “Arctic Aurora” is scheduled to unload a cargo on January 18 at the Ningbo facility in Zhenjiang province from the Queensland Curtis plant in Australia, according to shipping data. The 174,100 cubic metres capacity “Cesi Gladstone” will unload a shipment on January 21 at the northeast port of Tianjin from the Australia-Pacific LNG plant in Queensland.

   The 148,300 cubic metres capacity carrier “LNG Ondo” will deliver a cargo on January 24 to the Qidong terminal in Jiangsu province from the Nigeria LNG plant on Bonny Island. The 170,050 cubic metres capacity carrier “Hoegh Giant” is scheduled to arrive on January 25 at the Chinese port of Tianjin with a cargo from the US Sabine Pass plant in Louisiana. The 266,000 cubic metres capacity Q-Max carrier “Al Dafna” will deliver a cargo on January 25 to PetroChina’s Tangshan terminal in northeast Hebei province from Ras Laffan in Qatar. The 210,100 cubic metres capacity Q-Flex vessel “Al Ruwais” will deliver a Qatargas cargo on January 28 to the Tangshan facility. The 145,700 cubic metres capacity carrier “LNG Benue” is also scheduled to arrive at Tangshan with a Nigerian cargo on January 29.

Feb 15 (LNGJ) - The 148,300 cubic metres capacity vessel “LNG Ondo” is scheduled to deliver a cargo on February 18 to the French Montoir-de-Bretagne import terminal on the West Coast from the Nigeria LNG plant at Bonny Island, according to shipping data. The 141,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “LNG River Niger” will deliver a second shipment on February 24 to France’s Montoir terminal. The 165,500 cubic metres capacity carrier “Magellan Spirit”, operated by Teekay LNG, was expected to lift a cargo on February 17 from the US Sabine Pass export plant in Louisiana. The 174,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “Maran Gas Achilles” will be lifting a shipment on February 21 from the Bontang export plant in Indonesia for delivery to an Asian terminal. The 170,000 cubic metres capacity “Methane Julia Louise” will deliver a cargo on February 22 to the Tianjin import facility in northeast China from the Queensland Curtis plant in Gladstone, Eastern Australia.

Sept 23 (LNGJ) - The 148,300 cubic metres capacity “LNG Ondo” is scheduled to deliver a cargo from Nigeria on September 30 to the Egyptian Ain Sokhna import terminal on the Red Sea coast, according to shipping data. The 162,000 Bahamas-flagged vessel “Esshu Maru” is due to unload a cargo from Nigeria at the Brazilian import facility at Pecem on September 30.