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More Liquified Natural Gas Tankers Sailing to Britain This Week, Data Show
The number of liquefied natural gas carriers sailing to the U.K. rose in the last week, ship- tracking data show.
Britain, Europe’s biggest gas market, is to receive four cargoes, double the number of tankers a week ago, according to AISLive data on Bloomberg. A fifth ship is also heading to the U.K., the Milford Haven Port Authority website shows.
August is a month of heavy North Sea and Norwegian maintenance, raising demand for tanker-borne gas. Almost a half of the U.K.’s electricity is generated by burning gas.
Five LNG tankers are sailing to Taiwan, one more than seven days ago.
The U.S., the world’s largest gas market, is scheduled to receive two vessels, down from four last week.
Japan, the world’s biggest buyer of LNG, will receive 22 cargoes, the same as last week. The number of tankers sailing to South Korea, the second-biggest user, fell to 10 from 12.
Signals were captured today from 182 tankers, 6 more than July 23, or 55 percent of the global fleet of 332 LNG carriers.
LNG is natural gas chilled to minus 162 degrees Celsius (minus 260 Fahrenheit), putting it in a liquid state for shipping by tanker. The following table lists by country of destination all the tankers that have transmitted at time of arrival within the next three months, including today.
July 30 July 23
Tankers Share Tankers Share
(Number) (%) (Number) (%)
Japan 22 12 22 13
U.A.E. 12 7 12 7
Qatar 11 6 8 5
South Korea 10 5 12 7
Australia 8 4 6 3
Malaysia 7 4 4 2
Spain 7 4 6 3
Indonesia 6 3 8 5
Nigeria 6 3 8 5
Egypt 5 3 6 3
Pacific Basin 5 3 2 1
Suez 5 3 3 2
Taiwan 5 3 4 2
Atlantic Basin 4 2 6 3
Russia 4 2 3 2
U.K. 4 2 2 1
Algeria 3 2 4 2
Belgium 3 2 2 1
Chile 3 2 3 2
France 3 2 3 2
Mexico 3 2 1 1
Oman 3 2 4 2
Singapore 3 2 4 2
Trinidad 3 2 5 3
Unspecified 3 2 1 1
Argentina 2 1 2 1
Celebes Sea 2 1 0 0
China 2 1 2 1
Gulf of Mexico 2 1 2 1
India 2 1 1 1
Kuwait 2 1 2 1
Mediterranean 2 1 2 1
South China Sea 2 1 2 1
U.S. 2 1 4 2
West Africa 2 1 2 1
Africa 1 1 0 0
Arabian Gulf 1 1 1 1
Canada 1 1 0 0
Canary Islands 1 1 1 1
Equatorial Guinea 1 1 1 1
Europe 1 1 2 1
Far East 1 1 1 1
Indian Ocean 1 1 1 1
Italy 1 1 3 2
Malta 1 1 0 0
Peru 1 1 1 1
Turkey 1 1 1 1
Western Hemisphere 1 1 0 0
Yemen 1 1 1 1
Portugal 0 0 1 1
Brunei 0 0 2 1
Norway 0 0 2 1
182 176
To contact the reporter on this story: Ben Farey in London at bfarey@bloomberg.net
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