Second ‘Dark-Fleet’ LNG Ship Departs Sanctioned Russian Terminal

  • Asya Energy is now heading west after docking at Arctic LNG 2
  • First tanker left plant in early August, now in Mediterranean
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A second liquefied natural gas tanker left an export terminal in northern Russia that’s subject to US sanctions, ship-tracking data show.

The Asya Energy, part of a suspected “dark fleet” of vessels assembled by Moscow to take gas to willing buyers, is now heading west after satellite images showed the ship at the Arctic LNG 2 plant last weekend.