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.
Local protest challenges planned FSRU vessel in Savona, Italy
Savona, Italy (Ports Europe) March 11, 2024 – Confcommercio Savona, the association for businesses, professional activities and the self-employed, is...
Demand for LNG bunkering to surpass capacity in 2025
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) March 10, 2024 – Global demand for LNG bunkering is projected to increase to 5.7 million metric tonnes (MMT) in...
Port of Ravenna to build breakwater for FSRU regasification plant
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) February 27, 2024 – The Port Authority of Ravenna will build the breakwater for the FSRU regasification terminal off the...
Port of Lisbon receives MSC Euribia, zero emissions
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 31, 2024 – On January 24, 2024, the Port of Lisbon received the MSC Euribia, the first cruise ship to undertake a...
Livorno’s FSRU Toscana terminal to shut down for maintenance
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) January 30, 2024 – OLT Offshore LNG Toscana has announced that the FSRU Toscana terminal will undergo extraordinary...
Port of Barcelona doubles LNG ship supply in 2023
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 29, 2024 – In the 2023 financial year, the Port of Barcelona carried out a total of 199 operations to supply...
Cyprus receives FSRU from China
Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) January 18, 2024 – The Cypriot floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Etyfa Prometheas has been delivered by...
MSC Cruises ship receives LNG in Port of Cadiz
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) January 16, 2024 – The Port of Cadiz has welcomed the cruise ship MSC Euribia for the first time, a vessel belonging to MSC...
Peninsula starts LNG bunkering services at Port of Algeciras
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) January 5, 2024 – Marine fuel supplier Peninsula has started liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering services at Port of...
Port of Alexandroupolis welcomes Greece’s first FSRU ship
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) December 18, 2023 – The Port of Alexandroupolis has received Greece’s first floating storage and...
Sagunto Terminal to supply LNG to ships – Enagás
Sagunto, Spain (Ports Europe) December 12, 2023 – The Sagunto regasification terminal has been adapted to offer liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering...
STS transfer of Russian LNG in European ports
Zeebrugge, Belgium (Ports Europe) December 8, 2023 – Belgium’s North Sea Zeebrugge LNG terminal is the main European facility used by Russia to reexport...
Snam finalises FSRU purchase for Port of Ravenna
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) December 6, 2023 – Snam and BW LNG have finalised the acquisition by Snam of FSRU I Limited. The latter owns owns the...
Port of Malaga supplied LNG to first cruise ship
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) December 1, 2023 – The ship ‘Silver Nova’, belonging to the Silversea company, was supplied with liquefied...
EU supports new LNG plant for Bar port, Montenegro
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) October 9, 2023 – The European Union (EU) will support building a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the Adriatic...
Snam presents FSRU plan in Ravenna
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) November 20, 2023 – Last week, gas grid operator Snam and the Municipality of Ravenna today presented the company’s...
Edison supports Costa Morena Est as an LNG site in Brindisi port
Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) November 12, 2023 – Costa Morena Est is the best location for the construction of the LNG facility for the first project in...
Axpo delivers LNG to Piombino port and Panigaglia, Italy
Piombino, Italy (PortSEurope) November 8, 2023 – Swiss energy trader and renewable energy company Axpo has delivered liquefied natural gas (LNG) to...
Cypriot FSRU finishes gas trials in China
Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) October 30, 2023 – The Cypriot floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Etyfa Prometheas has finished gas...
NGOs against the LNG terminal in Bar, Montenegro
Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) October 30, 2023 – 27 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) sent a letter to the President of the European Commission (EC),...