So when it came to marking 50 years of commercial LNG shipping, they took a slightly different tack and came up with this eye-catching graphic packed with information showing just how the sector and the associated shipping fleet has grown over the years — into one that now includes over 400 trade routes involving 45 countries.

But not content with that, the WoodMac research team also came up with a few less obvious but nonetheless fun statistics:

The money Japan — the world’s largest importer of LNG — has spent since 1970 on importing LNG last year could have bought the equivalent of 197 jumbo jets, 300,000 Ferraris or 145 million iPads.



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