LNG
Port activities linked to liquefied natural gas (LNG). Includes imports, storage and regasification facilities and considered a key activity in European Union (EU) energy transition. Currently, this is topical as the EU seeks to urgently diversify energy sources and eliminate energy imports from Russia. This is realised in the construction of a number of LNG terminals around the EU, including Italy and Germany.
Bilbao port carries out first ship-to-ship LNG operation in Spain
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 5, 2018 – Bilbao port has carried out the first operation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuelling from one ship to...
Croatia pushes to build LNG facility in Krk
Krk, Croatia (Ports Europe) February 2, 2018 – “Croatia strongly supports the European Union energy project and is in the interest of becoming an...
Koper port hosts Elemed project meeting
Koper, Slovenia, January 30, 2018 On January 29, 2018, the Port of Koper hosted a conference on the establishment of alternative fuels infrastructure and on...
Reganosa sets up subsidiary to operate Ferrol port LNG terminal
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) January 29, 2018 – Spanish company Reganosa has established an investee company, named Regasificadora del Noroeste, to operate...
Spanish company applies for construction of LNG storage facility at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2018 – Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) will be on the table of the first board meeting of Las Palmas port...
Venice port at forefront of LNG initiative to adopt the fuel for ships
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) January 21, 2018 – In January 2017, Italy implemented European Union regulations on alternative fuels – Legislative...
Gas Natural to supply LNG to two Baleària eco ferries
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 19, 2018 – Spanish company Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. and energy group Gas Natural Fenosa S.A. have signed...
Reference – the SEA/LNG coalition
SEA\LNG is a multi-sector industry coalition, created to accelerate the widespread adoption of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel. Our vision is of a...
Societe Generale joins SEA/LNG coalition
Paris, France (PortSEurope) January 10, 2018 – Societe Generale becomes first financial institution to join growing SEA/LNG coalition, brings ...
Bahía de Bizkaia Gas sees increased LNG traffic in 2017
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) January 9, 2018 – Bahía de Bizkaia Gas (BBG) expects to end 2017 with traffic amounting to 32 ships and 1.95 million tons...
Spain’s Transcoma changes name of bunkering division
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 9, 2018 – Spanish company Transcoma Shipping has said it has spun off its bunkering division and changing its name to...
Damen Shiprepair wins LNG conversion contract in Nantes.St-Nazaire
Nantes.St-Nazaire (PortSEurope) January 9, 2018 – Damen Shiprepair & Conversion Holding BV has been contracted by GIE Dragages-Ports to convert the...
Reganosa receives first shipment of LNG from Yamal at Ferrol port
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) January 9, 2018 – Reganosa, the Spanish energy company, has received its first shipment of liquified natural gas (LNG) from...
Spain’s Gas Natural develops LNG transport floating platform
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 8, 2018 – Spanish company Gas Natural Fenosa has developed a floating platform for the transport of liquefied natural...
Expression of interest for construction of LNG bunkering facility in Naples port
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) January 8, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centrale (AdSP – Central Tyrrhenian Sea Port...
Reganosa supplies first European passenger train powered by LNG from Ferrol port terminal
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) January 7, 2018 – The first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has just been delivered by means of a truck to Asturias, a...
ENI to produce joint study on Genoa port LNG facility
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 28, 2017 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP – Western Ligurian Sea Port...