Seapeak-Methane

The Australia Pacific LNG terminal has commenced operations with its first LNG cargo departing from the LNG facility on Curtis Island on board the Methane Spirit, APLNG said in a statement Monday. The startup of the APLNG project comes after a slight delay. APLNG had earlier announced that it expected the first cargo to be exported by the end of 2015. An earlier attempt to load the first cargo aboard the Magellan Spirit was unsuccessful. The Magellan Spirit docked at the APLNG terminal on December 12, cFlow, Platts trade flow software showed. But was unable to lift the commissioning cargo at that time. By December 25, the vessel had relocated to the BG-operated Queensland Curtis LNG terminal beside APLNG to lift a cargo, leading traders to conclude that a ship swap between BG and APLNG had occurred. The Magellan Spirit was currently offshore Korea Gas Corp.'s Tongyeong LNG terminal, Platts cFlow showed. http://www.platts.com/latest-news/shipping/singapore/aplng-ships-first-lng-cargo-from-third-east-coast-26334266