LNG

Dec 12 (LNGJ) - Three LNG cargoes are heading for the UK LNG port of Milford Haven this week from Qatar and the US. The Q-Max carrier “Al Samriya” with 258,100 cubic metres of capacity is scheduled to berth on December 16 at Milford Haven’s South Hook terminal after arriving from Ras Laffan.

   The 174,100 cubic metres capacity ship “Hellas Diana” is due to discharge a cargo at South Hook on December 18 from the Cameron LNG plant in Louisiana, according to shipping data. Another shipment is due on the same day at the Dragon import terminal on board the 174,000 cubic metres capacity “BW Magnolia”. The cargo was lifted on November 28 from the Calcasieu Pass plant in Louisiana.

April 27 (LNGJ) - UK LNG import flows are continuing at a steady pace with a second May cargo already scheduled for the South Hook LNG import terminal at Milford Haven, according to the port authorities. The 260,900 cubic metres capacity Q-Max vessel “Rasheeda” is scheduled to arrive at the Welsh terminal on May 4 to discharge its cargo lifted on April 16 from the Ras Laffan production complex in Qatar.

July 12 (LNGJ) - The 260,930 cubic metres capacity Q-Max LNG carrier “Umm Slal” is scheduled to deliver a cargo on July 18 to the UK South Hook import terminal at Milford Haven in Wales from the Ras Laffan plant in Qatar.

The shipment, lifted on June 27, is arriving in the UK as the National Balancing Point (NBP) natural gas price was at the equivalent of $12.50 per million British thermal units, just short of the 2021 summer season high of $12.90 per MMBtu.

May 10 (LNGJ) - Qatar is delivering a cargoes to the UK on May 14 on board the 261,100 cubic meters cubic metres capacity Q-Max carrier “Zarga”. The vessel from Ras Laffan will berth at the South Hook import facility in the Welsh port of Milford Haven, according to the port authorities. The latest shipment is due as the UK National Balancing Point natural gas benchmark price and the main Continental European price, the Dutch Title Transfer Facility (TTF), both remained near to seasonal highs at the equivalent of $8.60 per million British thermal units and $8.65 per MMBtu respectively.

Qatar Gas Transport Co., the Gulf nation’s shipping company, posted annual revenues of over US$1 billion as it acquired several more ships for the Gulf LNG exporting nation.

As the Qatari Q-Flex liquefied natural gas carrier “Al Safliyah”, the largest LNG vessel to transit the expanded Panama Canal, is scheduled to arrive at a European port on June 12 with a US cargo in a notable three-continent trading voyage, Qatargas has given details of another shipping first related to Spanish cargo deliveries.

Qatar Gas Transport Co., the LNG carrier operator also known as Nakilat, posted lower first-half net profits as it completes the move of 25 LNG carriers from being operated by Royal Dutch Shell’s shipping unit to Nakilat itself.