LNG Cargoes Rerouted via Ship-to-Ship Transfers Amid Strait of Hormuz Tensions

Three liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes have been transferred between ships outside the Strait of Hormuz in recent weeks, amid heightened tensions and attacks on commercial vessels. The LNG carrier GasLog Shanghai completed a ship-to-ship transfer with GasLog Savannah in late August off the coast of Oman.

The incident on July 31 while exiting the Strait of Hormuz had occurred on the GasLog Shanghai LNG vessel, which was loaded at Qatar's Ras Laffan export terminal. The Al Rekayyat tanker, controlled by QatarEnergy, conducted an STS transfer in mid-August with another Qatari LNG tanker, Tembek.

The cargo from Ras Laffan was subsequently delivered by Tembek to India's Dahej terminal on August 31. A third tanker, ADNOC-controlled Mraweh, completed an STS transfer with LNG Enugu off the coast of Oman in mid-August.