An LNG carrier chartered by upcoming US LNG producer Cheniere Energy is due to arrive at the company’s new Sabine Pass LNG plant on Tuesday.

Brokers say a further two vessels are heading to the facility.

The scheduled docking, which has been listed for Alpha Tanker & Freighter’s lone new LNG ship since November, is fuelling talk surrounding the growing anticipation of the first of a new wave of US export cargoes.

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