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Qatargas delivers first Q-Max cargo to Dubai

Qatargas delivers first Q-Max cargo to Dubai
For the first time Qatargas Operating Company Limited (Qatargas) has delivered LNG on-board a Q-Max Vessel to the Dubai Supply Authority (DUSUP) LNG Terminal located at the Jebel Ali Port.

A Qatargas press release, said the Q-Max LNG Vessel "Lijmiliya" has a capacity of 263,000 cubic meters, a length of 345 meters and is one of the largest LNG vessel class in the world. The "Lijmiliya" under charter to Qatargas is owned by Qatar Gas Transport Company Ltd. (Nakilat) and operated by Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Ltd. (STASCo).

The "Lijmiliya" was partially loaded with 150,000 cubic meters of LNG in the Port of Ras Laffan and arrived on the morning of 27th October alongside DUSUP’s 125,000 cubic meter Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU), "Golar Freeze," which is moored at a jetty in the Jebel Ali Port for unloading its cargo. This being the first occasion for Q-Max vessel to call at Jebel Ali, the "Lijmiliya" was berthed in daylight hours and will take approximately 2 days to un-load her cargo.

Qatargas and its partners followed a robust process of management of change in terms of due diligence that was required to get the Q-Max accepted in Jebel Ali Port.(QNA) The Hainan terminal will have a receiving capacity of three million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG.

CNOOC also operates terminals in Shanghai Municipality and the provinces of Guangdong, Fujian and Zhejiang, making it the country’s largest LNG importer. The Qatargas cargo arrived aboard the Q-Max class LNG carrier.