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The Marshall Islands-registered LNG tanker Al Samriya, 345 meters long and 55 meters wide, carries 113,300 tons, or 257,900 cu m of liquefied natural gas. [Photo/ntfabu.com] 

Tanker Al Samriya, carrying 257,900 cubic meters of liquefied natural gas, arrived at the PetroChina Jiangsu LNG terminal at Yangkou Port – located in Rudong county, administered by Nantong city in East China's Jiangsu province – on Feb 8.

It was the first tanker of the Lunar New Year – which started on Feb 1 – that was received by the terminal.

LNG is mostly methane and is considered the cleanest fossil fuel on earth. Colorless, odorless, non-toxic and non-corrosive, its volume is about 1/625th that of the same amount of gaseous natural gas and its mass is only 45 percent of that of the same body of water.

In 2021, China imported 81.4 million tons of LNG, overtaking Japan to become the world's largest LNG importer.

The PetroChina Jiangsu LNG terminal at Yangkou Port mainly receives, stores and gasifies LNG resources from overseas.

For more than 10 years, it has established shipping links with LNG resource sites in more than 20 countries and regions involved in the Belt and Road.