May. 13 at 1:17 AM
$VG US LNG vessels leave for China after year-long pause ahead of Trump-Xi summit
The Umm Al Hanaya vessel left Cheniere Energy's Sabine Pass export plant on May 5, while the Al Sailiya and Id'Asah vessels both left Venture Global's Plaquemines plant on May 8, according to LSEG data.
All three vessels were expected to arrive in China's Tianjin port between June 15 and 20. Cheniere and Venture Global are the biggest and second-biggest U.S. LNG producers, respectively.
If any of those vessels actually arrive in China, it would mark the first LNG vessel to go directly to China from the U.S. since February 2025, when the Mu Lan discharged a cargo that was loaded at Cheniere's Corpus Christi plant in Texas in December 2024, according to LSEG data.
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-lng-vessels-leave-china-after-year-long-pause-ahead-trump-xi-summit-2026-05-12/