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.
Repsol increases LNG service to Brittany Ferries
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) August 2, 2019 – Repsol, the Spanish energy company, has signed an agreement with Brittany Ferries to supply its vessels in...
European Commission approves support for Krk Croatian LNG terminal
The European Commission has found Croatian plans to support the construction and operation of a liquid natural gas (LNG) terminal at Krk island to be in line...
Greek government approves Patras LNG facility
Patras, Greece (PortSEurope) July 30, 2019 – The Environment & Energy Ministry has approved the construction of liquid natural gas (LNG) facilities...
Baleària and Fred Olsen incorporate the ‘smart ship’ to gas ‘Abel Matutes’ to the route Huelva-Canary Islands
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) July 29, 2019 – Baleària and Fred. Olsen Express have started operating the Abel...
Cyprus receives three bids for LNG infrastructure
Limassol, Cyörus (PortSEurope) July 21, 2019 – The Natural Gas Public Company of Cyprus (DEFA), has announced the successful completion of the first...
Supply of LNG to ships in Spanish ports increases dramatically in the first half of 2019
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) July 8, 2019 – Operations to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a fuel for ships in Spanish ports in the first half of...
Totisa Holdings to build LNG facility at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) June 26, 2019 – Las Palmas port authority plans a contract with Totisa Holdings SA for the construction and operation of...
Spain’s Asocelpa proposes procedures to coordinate bunkering at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) June 17, 2019 – The Association of Consignees and Stevedores of Ships of Las Palmas (Asocelpa) has raised a proposal to...
Huelva port completes first truck to ship bunkering operation
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) June 17, 2019 – The first operation of bunkering of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from truck to ship in the port of...
Valenciaport Foundation and Baleària in the framework of the LNGHIVE2 Green & Smart Links project
News Release – Valenciaport and Baleària become a European benchmark for the energy transition to LNG – June 14, 2019 This morning the...
Poseidon Med II: 2020 & beyond, Unfolding the LNG supply chain
Press release – “Unfolding the LNG supply chain in Eastern Mediterranean” – The outcomes of Poseidon Med II event in Limassol on June 11, 2019...
Malta Freeport hosts its first LNG-powered container ship
News – Malta Freeport hosts its first LNG-powered container ship – June 11, 2019 Malta Freeport Terminals welcomed the first ever LNG-powered...
Molgas Energía starts installation of LNG station at Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 10, 2019 – Spain’s Molgas Energía has started the installation of a fixed liquefied natural gas (LNG) station,...
Venice LNG project gets environmental approval
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) June 10, 2019 – Italian company Venice LNG SpA has received a favourable ruling on the environmental compatibility of the LNG...
Shell’s Gasnor opens LNG facility in Gibraltar
Gibraltar (PortSEurope) May 8, 2019 – Gasnor, a Norwegian natural gas company and subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, has announced the opening of a new...
Italy to examine authorisation for Chioggia port LPG storage complex
Chioggia, Italy (Ports Europe) May 1, 2019 – The study that led to the signing of the inter-ministerial authorisation decree in May 2015 for the Punta...
Cádiz port welcomes first cruise powered by liquefied natural gas
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) May 1, 2019 – The port of Cádiz has received the first cruiser powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), the AIDANova vessel,...
Barcelona port handles its first LNG-fired cruise ship
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 26, 2019 – Barcelona port handled on April 26 its first cruise ship powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), the...
Puertos del Estado president opens CORE LNGas hive project conference
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) April 24, 2019 – The president of Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado, Salvador de la Encina and the president...
Algeciras port to host III Conference of CORE LNGas Project Hive project
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) April 22, 2019 – The president of Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado, Salvador de la Encina, accompanied by the...