{"id":500697,"date":"2026-02-26T11:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T11:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/500697\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T11:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T11:34:08","slug":"australia-ships-lng-16000-miles-to-canada-as-asia-demand-slumps-canadian-energy-news-top-headlines-commentaries-features-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/500697\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia Ships LNG 16,000 Miles to Canada as Asia Demand Slumps &#8211; Canadian Energy News, Top Headlines, Commentaries, Features &#038; Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/authors\/AVxUem_vTRM\/sing-yee-ong\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sing Yee Ong<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>Australia is shipping LNG much further than its main buyers in Asia as demand for the super-chilled fuel in the region falters.\n<\/p>\n<p>East Canada is set to receive its first Australian shipment of the fuel on the Maran Gas Hector on Thursday, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Kpler that goes back to 2008. The journey is unusually long, with the tanker traveling around 16,000 miles (25,750 kilometers) to reach its final destination.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Get the Latest Canadian Focused Energy News Delivered to You! It&#8217;s FREE:  <a class=\"gofollow\" data-track=\"ODAwLDE1LDM2MDA=\" href=\"https:\/\/energynow.com\/email-signup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Quick Sign-Up Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-590148\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/The-Maran-Gas-Hector-1200x810-1-1024x691.jpg\" alt=\"the maran gas hector 1200x810\" width=\"1024\" height=\"691\"  \/>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Maran Gas Hector, which is carrying an Australian shipment, is expected to reach East Canada on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The shipment comes as Australia increasingly looks outside its key markets in China, Japan and elsewhere in Asia to find buyers of uncontracted LNG. A cargo from the exporter arrived in Turkey over the weekend, the first since at least 2017, according to data compiled by Bloomberg, while another went to Chile this year.\n<\/p>\n<p>Demand in Asia remains weak, with LNG shipments to China \u2014 the biggest importer of the gas \u2014 dropping 11% in 2025. Some of the nation\u2019s buyers are reselling cargoes, adding to subdued spot demand from Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.\n<\/p>\n<p>Europe, which competes with Asia for supply, has been more attractive, as LNG imports hit a 10-month high in January during an unusually cold winter.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 With assistance from Stephen Stapczynski<\/p>\n<p>Share This:  <\/p>\n<p>            More News Articles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Sing Yee Ong Australia is shipping LNG much further than its main buyers in Asia as demand&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500698,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-500697","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}