The Globe and Mail reports in its Wednesday edition that LNG Canada has been sharply boosting exports this month to Asia, coinciding with reduced global supplies of liquefied natural gas after the virtual shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz. The Globe's Brent Jang writes that during the first 17 days of this month, the Shell PLC-led project in Kitimat, B.C., had eight ships wait their turn to dock and begin the journey of exporting LNG. On Tuesday, the vessel Puteri Mahsuri departed with LNG Canada's 60th cargo to Asia since export operations began in mid-2025. After only four vessels departed from Kitimat in December, Canada's first LNG export terminal has been ramping up, with 10 ships starting to transport the fuel across the Pacific Ocean in January and another 11 vessels in February. Before the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran on Feb. 28, about one-fifth of the world's oil and LNG supplies passed through the Strait of Hormuz. LNG player Qatar also halted its production after Iran attacked Qatari facilities and the strait effectively closed to marine traffic. The Kitimat terminal went through a slow start-up phase for six months after the first vessel, the GasLog Glasgow, headed for Asia last June 30.