Japan set to get Nigeria LNG spot cargo at Higashi-Ohgishima

Japan, the world’s largest buyer of liquefied natural gas, is set to receive a spot cargo from Nigeria, ship-tracking data show, reports Bloomberg.

The LNG Enugu, with a capacity of about 143,000 cubic metres, is sailing to the Higashi-Ohgishima terminal south of Tokyo, according to transmissions captured by IHS Fairplay on Bloomberg. The vessel loaded the supercooled gas at Nigeria LNG Ltd.’s Bonny Island terminal and departed November 13, the data show, without indicating its arrival date in Japan.

The Higashi-Ohgishima terminal, owned by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501), has a capacity of 14.28 million metric tons a year and receives long-term shipments from Indonesia, Malaysia, Qatar, Australia, Oman, Abu Dhabi, Brunei and Russia, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.