1.23 lakh tonnes of LNG arrive at Ctg port in two tankers

Two tankers carrying a combined 123,000 tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) reached Bangladesh in two days -- one on Thursday and another on Friday -- at the Chattogram port outer anchorage.

A third vessel, carrying about 70,000 tonnes of LNG, is scheduled to arrive on April 4, which will bring the total shipments to 193,000 tonnes.

According to Chattogram port sources, the LNG carrier HL Puffin reached the Kutubdia anchorage on Thursday with 61,997 tonnes of LNG from Australia.

Another vessel, New Brave, arrived Friday carrying 61,000 tonnes from Indonesia.

A third tanker, Celsius Galapagos, is expected to reach the port’s outer anchorage by the end of next week with 70,000 tonnes of LNG from the US.

Md Nurul Alam, senior deputy general manager of Uni Global Business Ltd, the local agent for the two tankers, told The Daily Star that both vessels arrived on schedule.

Petrobangla sources said that although nine LNG cargoes were scheduled for March, only seven have arrived so far.

Two LNG shipments from Qatar, which were supposed to arrive this month, are yet to reach Bangladesh. Both vessels remain stranded at Ras Laffan Port while carrying LNG.

In 2025, Bangladesh imported 25.86 lakh tonnes of LNG. Of the total, 16.52 lakh tonnes, or 64 percent, came from Qatar.

Additionally, about 436,000 tonnes, or 17 percent, were imported from the US, while the rest was sourced from Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Indonesia, Angola, Malaysia, and Australia.