Qatar asks LNG ships at export hub to go dark in safefy push

Salma El Wardany & Stephen Stapczynski / Bloomberg05-12

At least nine LNG tankers that were anchored near Qatar stopped sending signals from May 11, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg.(May 12): Qatar is asking ships near its main ...

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