* Cargoes are first ever shipments into northern Europe * Dutch cargo seen as Statoil replacement, PGNiG’s spot deal * Not necessarily sign of wave of US LNG coming to Europe The first two US LNG cargoes to reach northern Europe have now landed in Poland and the Netherlands, marking a historic new chapter in the US LNG export sector that began with the first Lower 48 deliveries to world markets in February last year. The Clean Ocean and Arctic Discoverer, which both departed the Sabine Pass LNG export facility last month, arrived late Wednesday and early Thursday at Poland’s Swinoujscie port and the Dutch Gate terminal respectively, according to cFlow, Platts trade flow software. US LNG exports began in February last year, but before Wednesday no cargoes had landed in the liquid hubs of northwest Europe or elsewhere in northern Europe, faced with competition from domestic supply and […]