The first LNG tanker to go to Cameron LNG's export plant in Louisiana since Hurricane Delta was set to arrive on Oct. 20.
Golar Seal was currently sailing up the Calcasieu Ship Channel on its way to Cameron, according to Refinitiv ship tracking data.
The last vessel to go to Cameron was SK Audace on Oct. 4-5, according to the Refinitiv data. That tanker left before Hurricane Delta hit the coast near Cameron on Oct. 9.
The U.S. Coast Guard said it will allow vessels with drafts less than 36 ft (11 m) to transit the Calcasieu Channel as local and federal agencies clean up obstructions in the waterway following Delta.
The Coast Guard said vessels with a draft of more than 25 ft but less than 36 ft can travel the channel with a local pilot during daylight hours.
Golar Seal was drafting about 31 ft, which is about 77% of its maximum.
The Calcasieu Channel allows vessels to access Cameron LNG and oil refineries in Lake Charles owned by Citgo Petroleum Corp. and Philips 66.
The Army Corps said on Oct. 19 it has a dredge addressing shoaling in the bar channel, which extends into the Gulf of Mexico, and the U.S. Navy was removing a sunken rock barge in the channel.
Neither the Army Corps or the Coast Guard could say when the ship channel would be restored to full 40-ft deep draft traffic.
Analysts said a fully laden LNG tanker has a draft of around 40 ft LNG tankers, however, can move through shallower water so long as they do not carry a full cargo.
Traders said that was likely the case of SK Audace when it went to Cameron before the Army Corps finished dredging the channel after Hurricane Laura hit the region in late August.
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