Assisted by the LNG-powered tug HaiSea Kermode, the 173,400-cbm LNG carrier, Maran Gas Roxana, was sailing in the Douglas Channel on its way to Kitimat on Wednesday morning local time, as shown by its AIS data provided by VesselsValue.
Other HaiSea Marine’s tugs, which serve the LNG Canada project, were also located close to assist with the arrival of the LNG carrier.
Maran Gas Roxana almost reached Kitimat when this article was published.
LNG Prime invited LNG Canada to comment on the matter.
A spokesman for LNG Canada told LNG Prime last month that Maran Gas Roxana was travelling to the LNG Canada facility in Kitimat to deliver a cargo of LNG for equipment testing.
He said the delivery was expected in early April.
The delivery is “critical to our safe start-up and commissioning process now underway, and to achieving our first cargo by the middle of 2025,” the spokesman said.
Prior to heading to Kitimat, the 2017-built LNG carrier picked up a cargo of LNG at Shell’s QCLNG plant on Curtis Island near Gladstone, Australia.
LNG Canada expects that the discharge of the LNG cargo may take three to four weeks to complete.
Last year, LNG Canada also received a cargo of refrigerants (liquefied petroleum gas) onboard the tanker Gaschem Atlantic for cooldown activities.
In August 2024, LNG Canada introduced natural gas to the facility for the first time, from the new Coastal GasLink pipeline.
One of the largest private investments in Canadian history, LNG Canada will initially produce 14 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) LNG for export. With a proposed Phase 2 expansion, it plans to double its capacity to 28 mtpa.
LNG Canada is Canada’s first large LNG export facility.
Besides operator Shell, other partners in the project include Malaysia’s Petronas, PetroChina, Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation, and South Korea’s Kogas.
Contractor JGC Fluor is constructing the first phase of the project, which includes two liquefaction trains.
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