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A state bearer has delivered a liquefied natural state (LNG) cargo from Russia to China aft astir fractional a twelvemonth astatine sea, LSEG ship-tracking information showed, with Russia facing challenges to merchantability LNG due to Western sanctions implicit Ukraine.
According to the data, state bearer Perle docked at China's Beihai LNG terminal on Tuesday (May 19, 2026). It took the cargo from Russia's LNG Portovaya, which is under U.S. sanctions, on December 8.
Depending connected the route, it usually takes up to 45 days to present an LNG cargo from Russia to Asia.
Russia's largest LNG shaper Novatek uses the aforesaid loading outlet successful China for cargoes from its Arctic LNG 2 plant, which is besides nether sanctions.
That's the 3rd cargo supplied to China from the works connected the Baltic Sea since Washington imposed sanctions successful February 2025. The archetypal cargo was delivered past December.
In the early stages of its operations, most cargoes from Portovaya were delivered to Türkiye and Greece. Supply markets subsequently widened to China, Spain and Italy.
