The voyage of a tanker loaded with liquefied natural gas and headed to South Korea from British Columbia is a pivotal moment in Canadian trade, the government says.
It is the first natural gas shipment from a major Canadian plant to Asia as Canada looks to diversify its export markets in the aftermath of President Trump’s trade war and annexation threats.
The shipment on the Gaslog Glasgow comes a decade after a gas line project in Kitimat, British Columbia, was approved. Prime Minister Mark Carney has trumpeted the project, LNG Canada, whose plant, pipeline, gas fields, docks and other assets are worth 48 billion Canadian dollars (about $35 billion).
