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.
Gibraltar attends International Bunker Industry Association convention in Singapore
Gibraltar (PortSEurope) November 10, 2017 – Gibraltar Port Authority CEO and Captain of the Port, Manuel Tirado, has attended the International Bunker...
Reganosa plans to be marine LNG supplier in Ferrol port region
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) October 30, 2017 –Â The Spanish energy company Regasificadora del Noroeste S.A. (Reganosa) plans to supply says LNG as a...
Sojitz Corp purchases Mugardos LNG terminal near Ferrol port
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) October 30, 2107 – Japan’s Sojitz Corporation has acquired full ownership of First State Regasificadora S.L.U. (FSR),...
Turkey set to receive world’s largest FRSU
Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 26, 2017 –Â Â The MOL FSRU Challenger vessel is scheduled to arrive in Turkey this month from South Korea. The...
Bids received for Krk floating terminal
Krk, Croatia (PortSEurope) October 20, 2017 – A total of 27 bids have been submitted for the purchase of an LNG floating terminal (FSRU) to be located on...
Gas Natural Fenosa to relocate head office from Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 10, 2017 – Last Friday, Gas Natural Fenosa announced that is to move its registered office from Barcelona to...
PROVIRIDIS awards companies’ environmental efforts
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 –Â PROVIRIDIS has awarded three transport companies for their investments and the use of liquefied...
Venice hosts Adriatic LNG conference of European regasification terminals
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 27, 2017 – Adriatic LNG, the operator of the regasification terminal located off the Veneto coastline, has hosted...
Cyprus to invest in Vassilikos port LNG facility
Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) September 17, 2017 –Â Vassilikos port is to build a jetty to enable the port to develop an LNG floating storage capacity...
Event – LNG: The meeting point for marine, transport & energy sector in Cyprus, Limassol, September 29, 2017
Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) September 13, 2017 – The Conference entitled “LNG: the meeting point for Marine, Transport & Energy sector in...
Italy’s Costa Cruises starts construction of its first LNG-fired ship
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 13, 2017 – Italian company Costa Cruises, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation, has said it started the construction of...
LNG Croatia seeks partners for gas project
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) September 12, 2017 – LNG Croatia LLC, the company responsible for the development of LNG import terminal Project on the...
Carnival Corporation begins construction of world’s first fully LNG-powered cruise ship
Miami, United States, September 6, 2017 Carnival Corporation & plc, the world’s largest leisure travel company, marked the official beginning of...
Cepsa becomes first supplier of RMK500 marine fuel in the port of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 25, 2017 – Cepsa, the energy company, has started marketing RMK500 fuel in the port of Barcelona to meet customer...
Huelva port to receive LNG import from USA on August 24
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) August 24, 2017 – Huelva port will handle on August 24 the LNG carrier ‘Rioja Knutsen’ to discharge 152,000 cubic...
Croatia starts preliminary work on LNG facility
Krk, Croatia (Ports Europe) August 18, 217 – Croatia has started preliminary underwater works in the northern Adriatic, the first concrete step in...
Switch to low-sulfur fuel oil or marine gas oil to reduce SOx ship emissions as of 2020
New York, United States (Ports Europe) August 15, 2017 – Switching from high-sulfur fuel oil (HSFO) to lower-sulfur products, such as low-sulfur fuel oil...
Ville Forte Ukraine exports LPG from Izmail port for first time
Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 10, 2017 – Ukrainian company Ville Forte Ukraine has sent the first shipment of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from...
Las Palmas port expects requests for LNG tank facility by end-2017
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) expects to receive before the end of the year...
Oryx to operate normally at Las Palmas port by end-September
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Swiss multinational company Oryx Energies, which operates in Las Palmas port as fuel supplier, will be...