Shell’s $12bn-plus floating LNG (FLNG) unit Prelude FLNG was due to leave Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) shipyard in South Korea this week following a final hull inspection.

TradeWinds understands a time of 0500 local time on Thursday 29 June had been set for the world’s largest floater to leave. But the actual departure is dependent on weather conditions.

Technical sources watching the construction of Prelude, which has been designed to produce 3.6