LNG

Jan 15 (LNGJ) – A steady stream of LNG carriers was heading for the Netherlands this week as the Dutch Title Transfer Facility (TTF) benchmark prices showed falling front-month futures being overtaken by the spot price on the European Energy Exchange. The front-month TTF for February was last at the equivalent of $10.130 million British thermal units while the TTF on the day-ahead spot market on January 15 was at $10.273 per MMBtu.

   The vessels heading for the Dutch terminals, the Gate facility in Rotterdam and the Eemshaven terminal in Groningen, included the “Maran Gas Ithaca”, according to shipping data. That ship  with 170,500 cubic metres capacity was scheduled to deliver a shipment from the Calcasieu Pass plant in Louisiana on January 17 and lifted on December 30, 2023. The “Kool Baltic” with 170,200 of capacity was due to discharge a cargo at Eemshaven on January 18 that was loaded in Trinidad in the Caribbean on January 3. Another vessel heading for the Rotterdam terminal was the “Global Star”, due to berth on January 20. The ship with 173,400 cubic metres capacity loaded its cargo on January 7 at the Sabine Pass plant in Louisiana. Two other ships heading for the Gate terminal with US cargoes are the “Lech Kaczynski” and the “LNG Rosenrot”.

Oct 24 (LNGJ) - The 174,000 cubic metres capacity Greek-flagged vessel “Maran Gas Ithaca” is scheduled to discharge a cargo on October 29 at the UK South Hook import terminal at the port of Milford Haven, according to shipping data.

  The cargo was lifted from the Corpus Christi plant in Texas on September 27. The shipment was headed for the UK as the National Balancing Point wholesale gas price dropped to the equivalent of $23.10 per million British thermal units amid mild weather compared with $30.10 per MMBtu a year ago when there were already serious concerns about gas shortages in Europe.

Sept 6 (LNGJ) - The UK is set to receive two LNG cargoes in the coming week, one from the US and one from Peru. The 174,000 cubic metres capacity vessel, the “Maran Gas Ithaca”, is scheduled to discharge a cargo on September 11 at the UK South Hook terminal at Milford Haven from Cameron LNG on the US Gulf Coast. On the same day the 173,400 cubic metres capacity carrier, the “Barcelona Knutsen”, will berth at the Dragon terminal at the Welsh port with a shipment from the Pampa Melchorita plant on the Pacific Coast of Peru.

April 13 (LNGJ) - Two LNG cargoes are heading for the UK over the coming holiday weekend, including one from the Calcasieu Pass plant, located south of Lake Charles in Louisiana, and a second from Qatar, according to shipping data. The 174,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Maran Gas Ithaca” is scheduled to deliver the US shipment on April 16 to the South Hook import facility at Milford Haven. The 205,940 cubic metres capacity Q-Flex vessel “Al Ghariya” is then scheduled to discharge a cargo on April 18 at South Hook that was lifted on March 30 from Ras Laffan in the Gulf.

Feb 28 (LNGJ) - UK LNG terminals are set to receive their first March LNG cargoes from the US and Qatar. The 174,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Maran Gas Ithaca” is scheduled to arrive on March 4 at the Dragon regasification terminal in Milford Haven with a shipment from the Corpus Christi LNG plant in Texas. The 205,980 cubic metres capacity Qatari Q-Flex vessel “Al Bahiya” will discharge a Qatari cargo on March 6 at the South Hook facility. The cargo was lifted from the Ras Laffan plant in the Gulf on February 14

   On the prices front for natural gas and LNG cargoes, the European benchmark Dutch Title Transfer Facility price was last at the equivalent $31.15 per million British thermal units and the May Japan-Korea Market price for North Asian spot LNG cargoes was at $29.45 per MMBtu.