About GIIGNL

GIIGNL’s operational focus is the LNG import terminal – those waterfront or offshore facilities that receive LNG shipments by ships known as LNG carriers.

                 

The first  maritime shipment of LNG took place in 1959 when the Methane Pioneer sailed from Lake Charles, Louisiana in the United-States to the Canvey Island LNG receiving terminal in the Thames Estuary in the United Kingdom to demonstrate that LNG could be carried safely over long distances on the oceans.

          

The first commercial voyage in 1964 by the same vessel from Algeria to Canvey Island was the start of the first long-term LNG supply contract and marked the beginning of the international trade of LNG.

       

In some 50 years, no LNG carrier has ever had a major loss of LNG in over 56 000 loaded voyages and no LNG storage tank built of suitable materials has ever failed catastrophically. No member of the public has suffered a fatality due to a recorded incident at a LNG facility since 1944.

        

The LNG industry is committed to sustaining this superior safety record. Along with commercial and other considerations, minimising potential safety risks associated with LNG is paramount and critical to the marketability of this energy source and is a priority of the GIIGNL membership.