LNG tanker arrives in Gladstone for historic first cargo

By Angela Macdonald-Smith
Updated December 23 2014 - 2:08am, first published 1:34am
BG’s project will be the first of the three rival LNG projects in Queensland to start shipments, with production due to start this month. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
BG’s project will be the first of the three rival LNG projects in Queensland to start shipments, with production due to start this month. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
BG’s project will be the first of the three rival LNG projects in Queensland to start shipments, with production due to start this month. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
BG’s project will be the first of the three rival LNG projects in Queensland to start shipments, with production due to start this month. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
BG’s project will be the first of the three rival LNG projects in Queensland to start shipments, with production due to start this month. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
BG’s project will be the first of the three rival LNG projects in Queensland to start shipments, with production due to start this month. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
BG’s project will be the first of the three rival LNG projects in Queensland to start shipments, with production due to start this month. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
BG’s project will be the first of the three rival LNG projects in Queensland to start shipments, with production due to start this month. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer

The tanker that will make history by shipping Queensland's first cargo of liquefied natural gas has arrived in Gladstone, confirming that the start-up of BG Group's $US20.4 billion ($25 billion) LNG project is just days away.