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.
Las Palmas port confident of keeping position as bunkering hub in Atlantic region
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Las Palmas port is confident that it will keep its position as a bunkering hub in the Atlantic after the...
Genoa-based port authority, Eni in talks for construction of LNG facility
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (The Authority of the Western Ligurian Sea Port System)...
KMG in talks to buy Black Sea LPG terminal
Midia, Romania (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – KMG International, formerly Rompetrol, is negotiating to take over the local firm Octogon Gas &...
Poseidon Med II holds LNG event in Piraeus
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) June 28, 2017 – The present and the future of the shipbuilding industry in Greece towards LNG as fuel era, was the focus...
Expanded Panama Canal tops expectations in first year
Panama City, Panama (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – The Expanded Panama Canal (Canal de Panama) has set a number of records and surpassed expectations in...
Barcelona port hosts presentation of CORE LNGas hive results
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 23, 2017 – Barcelona port hosted June 22 the presentation of the first results of the European project CORE LNGas hive...
CORE LNGas hive project holds Barcelona LNG conference
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – The first CORE LNGas hive project conference for the promotion of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a fuel in...
The maritime economy and “smart” technology
Marseille, France (PortSEurope), June 13, 2017 – L’Institut méditerranéen du transport maritime (Mediterranean Institute for Maritime Transport...
AIDAperla visits Barcelona for passengers and LNG
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 11, 2017 – Arriving in Barcelona on June 7 on her inaugural introduction tour, the AIDAperla has launched its summer...
Koper mayor says port negotiates launch of LNG regasification plant
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – The liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification plants are again modern. The one of Trieste failed, but that of...
Sines port LNG terminal handles 12 tankers in Q1 2017
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – The liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal of Sines port handled 12 tankers in the first quarter of 2017, which...
BP, Aegean, Cepsa to keep location of facilities at Las Palmas port after 2027
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) plans to approve a plan for the encouragement of...
Eni, Fincantieri sign cooperation deal on development of offshore platforms
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – Italian oil and gas company Eni S.p.A. and shipbuilder Fincantieri – Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A. have...
Barcelona port launches two projects for promotion of LNG as alternative fuel
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2017 – Barcelona port has launched two projects to promote liquefied natural gas (LNG) as an alternative fuel, which...
Rosneft looks at business opportunities in Spain
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2017 – Rosneft, a leading Russian oil company, is looking at two potential projects in Spanish ports. Firstly,...
French Port of Marseille Fos will pay premiums to ecological ships
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) May 28, 2017 – The Port of Marseille Fos will implement from July 1, 2017 special incentives for environmentally friendly...
Gibraltar Port Attends European Bunker Conference in Rotterdam
Gibraltar (PortSEurope) May 20, 2017 – Representatives of the Gibraltar Port Authority (GPA) attended the 8th Annual European Bunker Conference in...