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.
In 2017, Marseilles Fos port conducted a study on LNG refueling ships
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) April 17, 2018 – The port of Marseille Fos has carried out a detailed study to evaluate the safety conditions required...
Cagliari port hosts fourth edition of the Isola Dell’Energia: ‘Sardinia, LNG leader in the Mediterranean’
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 14, 2018 –Â The fourth edition of the Isola Dell’Energia: ‘Sardinia, LNG leader in the...
LNG station at Patras port will begin construction in 2020
Patras, Greece (Ports Europe) April 12, 2018 – The LNG (liquefied natural gas) station at the port of Patras is expected to begin construction in 2020. It...
Elengy and subsidiary Fosmax LNG announce construction of LNG facility at Fos Cavaou terminal, near Marseille port
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) April 11, 2018 – Elengy and its subsidiary Fosmax LNG, owner of the Fos Cavaou LNG terminal, have announced the...
Baleà ria launches the ship ‘Hypatia de AlejandrÃa’, the first ferry powered by LNG from the Mediterranean
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 7, 2018 – Baleà ria EurolÃnias MarÃtimas S.A. has completed the floating of the ship Hypatia de AlejandrÃa ,...
Marseille port is partner of the first edition of “Shipping Day”
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) April 6, 2018 –Â The port of Marseille Fos is partner of the first edition of the “Shipping Day”, the...
Bilbao port for first time handles LNG arriving from Siberia
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) April 5, 2018 – An ice-breaking methane tanker arrived to in the port of Bilbao with gas from one of the largest deposits in the...
Baleà ria floats Mediterranean’s first LNG-fired ferry
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 4, 2018 – Spanish shipping company Baleà ria EurolÃnias MarÃtimas S.A. carried out the floating of vessel...
Agreement between OLT Offshore LNG Toscana and GME signed
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) April 4, 2018 – OLT Offshore LNG Toscana (OLT) has announced that a contract has been signed with GME (Gestore Mercati...
ENI considers Genoa port for LNG facility
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 4, 2018 – ENI SpA, the energy group, has carried out a feasibility study to locate a liquified natural gas (LNG)...
Cepsa presents in Huelva port the first multi-product marine fuel supply vessel in southern Europe
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) March 24, 2018 – Cepsa, the Spanish energy company, has presented today in Huelva port the first multi-product marine fuel...
Cepsa starts ship-to-ship LNG supply at Huelva port
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) March 22, 2018 – Huelva port has the first ship of multiproduct supply of marine fuel in southern Europe and in Spain, which...
Italian associations to cooperate in promoting usage of LNG at ports
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 15, 2018 – Italian sector associations have signed an agreement to cooperate in the expansion of the use of liquefied...
Agreement signed for central investment in Italian port LNG facilities
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) March 14, 2018 – The Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport has signed an agreement with various relevant associations to...
Little progress in LNG facility at Augusta port, Sicily
Augusta, Italy (Ports Europe) March 14, 2018 – Whilst an agreement has been signed between the Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport and relevant...
Saggas handles 1.4 million tonnes of LNG at Sagunto port in 2017
Sagunto, Spain (Ports Europe) March 13, 2018 – The Sagunto regasification plant, Saggas, handled a total of 1.4 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG)...
Event: Isola dell’Energia: Sardinia LNG leader in the Mediterranean – April 12-13, 2018, Cagliari
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) March 8, 2018 – LNG Conference and LNG Sardinia Association are promoting the “Isola...
Hispania Petroleum to build facilities for LNG supply at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2018 – Spanish company Hispania Petroleum applied with Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las...
Cartagena port representative takes part in Small-Scale LNG Summit in Milan
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2018 – José Gómez, a representative of Cartagena port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena) took part...
Naples receives considerable interest in LNG storage tender
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) February 28, 2018 – By the end of the deadline, February 26, 2018,  there were 17 expressions of interest to build an LNG...