At least six laden LNG carriers are caught up in the Suez Canal congestion caused by Tuesday's grounding of an Evergreen Marine containerships.

Others have started to divert around the Cape of Good Hope in response to the canal closure as the 20,388-teu Ever Given (built 2018) continues to block all traffic in the waterway.

Data analyst Kpler lists the four laden ships at the south entrance to the canal and two at the north, while the 170,000-cbm floating storage and regasification unit Golar Tundra (built...