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Activists blocked LNG tanker from port entry

Greenpeace activists have blocked the entry of the 'Merchant' with 138,000 cubic meters of liquefied gas to the port of Sagunto (Valencia) to demand the end of fossil fuels and denounce Spain's dependence on fossil gas. The participants in this action have entered the port and anchored next to the Enagás regasification plant to prevent the entry of the ship from Port Arthur, and have painted the slogan "NO + GAS" on one side of the tanker, while a climber has perched on the boat's anchor to exert passive resistance. Report with photo: https://www.efe.com/efe/espana/sociedad/activistas-de-greenpeace-bloquean-en-sagunto-un-barco-cargado-gas-licuado/10004-4660786

BP-owned British Merchant transits the New Panama Canal as 2nd LNG-Tanker

The BP-owned British Merchant is transiting the Panama Canal, as of July 26, the second laden LNG tanker to pass through since the canal's expansion was completed. Reports indicated it loaded in Trinidad and is en route for Mexico's west coast. British Merchant's cargo capacity is 138,000 m3 so can easily be accommodated by the newly expanded canal. A third LNG tanker is expected to transit in August. These ships follows the transit on July 25 of the Shell-chartered Maran Gas Apollonia -- measuring 289 meters in length and 45 meters in beam — which had previously loaded at Cheniere's Sabine Pass LNG Terminal on the US Gulf Coast. Ship tracking sources indicate that the ship is now in the Pacific Ocean, headed for the port of Gulei in southern China's Fujian province. "The transit of the first LNG vessel through the new Panama Canal locks is a milestone in the waterway's history," said Panama Canal Administrator and CEO Jorge L. Quijano on July 25: "LNG trade will greatly benefit from the Expansion, and we look forward to welcoming even more LNG vessels through our great waterway. This transit marks the beginning of a new era that will result in cleaner and lower cost energy for the world." http://www.naturalgaseurope.com/2nd-lng-tanker-transits-panama-canal-30777