LNG

July 27 (LNGJ) - The 266,000 cubic metres capacity Q-Max carrier “Bu Samra” will deliver a cargo on August 3 to the UK South Hook terminal at the Welsh port of Milford Haven from the Ras Laffan plant in Qatar, the port authorities said. The 155,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “British Sapphire” will deliver a shipment on August 4 to the Bilbao terminal in northwest Spain from the Point Fortin plant in Trinidad.

   The US delivery schedule for China and India is coming back on track, according to shipping data. The 155,000 cubic metres capacity “British Mentor” is scheduled to deliver a cargo on August 13 to the port of Tianjin in northeast China from the US Cove Point plant in Maryland. The 178,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Castillo de Merida” lifted a cargo over the weekend from the Freeport plant in Texas and is headed for the Hazira plant in India with delivery expected around August 23.

Indian LNG imports dropped 5.8 percent in October after six straight month of increases as shipments were received from nations such as Qatar, Angola and Nigeria, while the costs of the cargoes continued to rise for the Asian nation and amounted to about $900 million last month.