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Piombino

Piombino is an Italian port town in the province of Livorno on Italy’s Western coast. The port was traditionally based on local steel industries and has a developed ferry service with local islands including Elba. The port is managed by Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP – North Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority).

Axpo delivers LNG to Piombino port and Panigaglia, Italy

Piombino, Italy (PortSEurope) November 8, 2023 – Swiss energy trader and renewable energy company Axpo has delivered liquefied natural gas (LNG) to...

Eni to import Qatari gas via Piombino port

Piombino, Italy (PortSEurope) October 23, 2023 – Eni has signed a long-term contract with QatarEnergy LNG NFE (5) for the delivery of up to 1.5 billion...

LNG controversy moves to Vado Ligure, Genoa

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 7, 2023 – The EU energy plan calls for increased imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and ports have been...

Port of Piombino to build Axpo-chartered LNG carrier

Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) August 11, 2023 – The San Giorgio shipyard in Piombino will build an liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering vessel with a...

Piombino LNG FSRU terminal will move to Vado Ligure in 2026

Piombino, Italy (PortSEurope) July 21, 2023 – The Golar Tundra regasification ship will relocate to the coast of Vado Ligure in the second half of 2026....

Piombino terminal receives first gas from Eni

Piombino, Italy (PortSEurope) July 10, 2023 – Eni has delivered a gas cargo of 90 million m³ to the SNAM regasification terminal in Piombino, Italy....

Piombino LNG FSRU terminal receives final authorisation

Piombino, Italy (PortSEurope) June 28, 2023 – Italian energy company Snam has received a final authorisation for its Golar Tunda floating...

FSRU can only stay in Piombino port for three years

Piombino, Italy (PortSEurope) June 5, 2023 – Italian energy company Snam has said that at its Golar Tunda floating storage and regasification...

Piombino LNG FSRU terminal to start operations in June

Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) May 30, 2023 – Italian energy company Snam has said that at its Golar Tunda floating storage and regasification...

Snam receives its first LNG at its FSRU docked at the port of Piombino

Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) May 7, 2023 – Italian energy company Snam has received its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo at its Golar Tunda...

Port of Livorno presents plan for dock electrification

Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) December 13, 2022 – The Port of Livorno has presented its plan for dock electrification which will also include the port of...

Italy must have more LNG regasifiers – Eni

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) December 11, 2022 – Italy must have more regasifiers for liquefied natural gas (LNG). This is the view of Claudio Descalzi,...

Government supports LNG terminal in Piombino port, against city’s wishes

Piombino, Italy (PortSEurope) November 28, 2022 – The government is to challenge a court appeal by the city of Piombino to stop an liquefied natural gas...

Port of Piombino makes plans for Snam FSRU

Piombino, Italy (PortSEurope) November 24, 2022 – The Port of Piombino is making plans for the reception of the Snam FSRU “Golar Tundra“. The...

New LNG terminal in Italy’s Port of Piombino to receive green light in days

Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) October 24, 2022 – The new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the Port of Piombino to set to receive the green light...

Italy: Ranking – Top container ports – January-June 2022

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) September 6, 2022 – Assoporti, the Italian port association, has reported cargo figures for the first half of 2022, including...

AdSP del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (Livorno) sees 1H 2022 traffic slightly down

Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) August 3, 2022 – AdSP del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (Livorno) sees 1H 2022 traffic slightly down – 19 million tons of...

Port of Livorno sees cargo down over 14% in first quarter

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) May 31, 2022 – The port system of Livorno-Piombino ended the first quarter with a total handling of 9.5 million tons of...

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