Nearly 50 Qatar LNG Tankers Sit Idle Across Asia

Almost 50 liquefied natural gas carriers used by Qatar to export the superchilled fuel are idled in Asia, Bloomberg has reported, citing data from Kpler. All the vessels are empty, the data shows. The LNG carriers are accumulated in a handful of locations, including West India, Sri Lanka, close to the Strait of Malacca between Indonesia and Malaysia, and offshore Singapore. LNG carriers typically have a capacity of 170,000 cu m of natural gas, which translates into 72,000 tons of liquefied gas. The Bloomberg report references “more than four dozen” vessels being idled across Asia, meaning a loss of at…