SK-operated Prism Agility arrives at US Freeport LNG terminal: ship tracking

South Korea's SK-operated Prism Agility has arrived at the US Freeport LNG terminal after the facility shipped its first cargo Feb. 12 since it was shut due to an explosion and fire last June, S&P Global Commodity Insights' shipping data showed.

The LNG carrier Prism Agility arrived the Freeport terminal and is currently moored at the Freeport Queue Area, according to Platts cFlow ship and commodity tracking software from S&P Global.

SK officials were not immediately available to comment.

The BP-chartered Kmarin Diamond departed the Texas facility around 7:30 am local time Feb. 12, S&P Global reported Feb. 12. It appeared to be at least partially laden, with its next destination set for Port Said, which suggests it would be heading through the Suez Canal, the trade flow data showed.

A Freeport LNG spokesperson declined to comment.

To load the tanker, Freeport used supplies that were in its storage tanks when the fire forced the terminal offline last June, an Atlantic market source said. Production restart was close, sources have said.

The first export marks an important milestone as the operator continues return-to-service activities at the three-train, 15 million mt/year capacity terminal south of Houston, which was shut after an explosion and fire on June 8, 2022. Additional US regulatory approvals will be required before Freeport can resume full commercial operations.

BP is among Freeport's long-term offtakers. Freeport also has offtake commitments with South Korea's SK Group, Japanese utilities JERA and Osaka Gas, and TotalEnergies, based in France, which controls more than 2.2 million mt/year of LNG from the third train.