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.
Gate terminal starts construction of 4th LNG tank at the port of Rotterdam
Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) August 31, 2023 – Gate terminal, with shareholders Gasunie and Vopak, have taken the final investment decision to...
Edison in Brindisi port to promote LNG project
Brindisi, Italy (Ports Europe) August 27, 2023 – Representatives of the Edison group will be in Brindisi next week to meet port officials and local...
LNG Croatia’s Krk terminal receives 70th vessel
Krk, Croatia (Ports Europe) August 14, 2023 – Yesterday, LNG Croatia’s Krk terminal received its 70th vessel since starting operations in 2021. The...
Gijon LNG storage plant receives first commercial cargo
Gijon, Spain (Ports Europe) August 14, 2023 – Spanish energy company Endesa’s El Musel liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage site in Gijon has received...
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...
Greece increases LNG imports in first half of 2023
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) July 24, 2023 – In the first half of 2023, the consumption of natural gas in recorded a -21.74% reduction compared to last...
China completes Cyprus FSRU conversion
Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) July 24, 2023 – Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry has reported that said conversion work on the FSRU has been completed....
Svitzer signs a contract to service Gastrade’s Alexandroupolis INGS
Alexandroupolis, Greece (PortSEurope) July 17, 2023 – Svitzer, a global towage provider and part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, has signed a 15-year contract to...
Endesa will manage the LNG plant in the Port of Gijón
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) July 14, 2023 – Endesa has been awarded a contract by Enagás to work as a logistics service provider at the El Musel...
Italy’s Liguria region considers second LNG terminal
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) July 14, 2023 – The region of Liguria would like to the location of a second liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, the local...
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...
Axpo linked to LNG vessel in Port of Naples
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) June 23, 2023 – Swiss renewable energy company Axpo has been linked to a liquefied natural gas (LNG) barge in the port of...
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...
Risk of drone attacks will end LPG export via Russia’s Taman port
Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) June 5, 2023 – Very high risk of air and sea drone attacks are forcing Russia’s Black Sea port of Taman to suspend the export...
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...
Montenegro signs memorandum for LNG terminal
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) May 16, 2023 – The Montenegro government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Enerflex Energy Systems and...