Teekay LNG Ship Alters Route, Heads for South Korea

A liquefied natural gas tanker owned by Teekay LNG Partners LP that typically shuttles between Qatar and Europe is sailing for the first time in almost two years to South Korea, where the cargo costs 80 percent more.

The Al Shamal left Ras Laffan, on the north-eastern coast of Qatar, on March 8 and is sailing for Incheon, South Korea, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg. In the past year the vessel delivered Qatari LNG four times to the U.K. and three times to Belgium. It last went to South Korea in March 2010, the data show.