First Shipment of LNG Canada Leaves BC Terminal for Asia

Piping is seen on the top of a receiving platform that will be connected to the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline terminus at the LNG Canada export terminal under construction, in Kitimat, B.C., on Sept. 28, 2022. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

An inaugural liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo left the new LNG Canada facility in Kitimat, B.C., on June 30, marking the first-ever large scale LNG shipment from Canada’s West coast to Asian markets.

The 291-metre long and 46-metre wide GasLog Glasgow tanker chartered by Shell and operating under Bermuda’s flag left the Kitimat terminal with the cargo for its 10-day journey to northern Asia. Following the LNG being pumped onto the tanker, tugboats will take the vessel approximately 300 kilometres through the Douglas Channel to the open ocean.