No LNG Tankers Loading at U.S. Export Terminals Amid Freeze
- The last time a similar event happened was in August
- Nine tankers waiting to dock, load cargoes at U.S. terminals
Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg
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Right now there are no liquefied natural gas tankers docked and loading at any of the six U.S. export terminals for the first time since global demand for the superchilled power-plant fuel crashed in August.
That’s a highly unusual situation for the world’s third-largest shipper and an indication of how far LNG trade flows have been upended by the recent freeze.