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.
LNG bunkering on the Pacific side of Panama Canal
Jacksonville, United States (PortSEurope) October 26, 2023 – Global shipping and sustainable energy logistics company Crowley will provide liquefied...
Fos Tonkin LNG starts small-scale LNG carrier loading service
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) October 23, 2023 – On September 28, 2023, the Fos Tonkin LNG terminal has successfully launched a new small-scale...
Eni to import Qatari gas via Piombino port
Piombino, Italy (PortSEurope) October 23, 2023 – Eni has signed a long-term contract with QatarEnergy LNG NFE (5) for the delivery of up to 1.5 billion...
Green Energy Park to export ammonia to Krk, Croatia
Zagreb, Croatia (PortSEurope) October 13, 2023 – Green Energy Park (GEP) will build a renewable ammonia facility in Brazil and export the ammonia product...
Peninsula granted LNG bunkering operator license in Gibraltar
Peninsula, the leading independent global supplier of marine energy, has been granted an LNG Bunkering Operator License by the Government of Gibraltar and the...
Port of Ferrol to invest in Mugardos liquefied natural gas terminal
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) October 9, 2023 – The Ferrol-San Cibrao Port Authority has approved an investment of €16.6 million in the Mugardos...
Corinth Pipeworks awarded contract for FSRU pipeline, Ravenna, Italy
Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) September 28, 2023 – Corinth Pipeworks was awarded a contract, by Snam to manufacture and supply approximately 13 km of...
First LNG bunkering in Gibraltar
Gibraltar (PortSEurope) September 27, 2023 – Shell has carried out the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering in Gibraltar on the Silver Nova cruise...
More protests against Snam LNG facility in Vado
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 25, 2023 – There has been a further protest against the proposed Snam LNG facility in Vado, Genoa. A protest began...
Enel to resume Porto Empedocle LNG plant project – again
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) September 20, 2023 – Enel has agreed to resume the Porto Empedocle liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant project,...
Protesters challenge LNG facility in Brindisi
Brindisi, Italy (Ports Europe) September 8, 2023 – Protesters are challenging a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in the Port of Brindisi. At the...
LNG controversy moves to Vado Ligure, Genoa
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 7, 2023 – The EU energy plan calls for increased imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and ports have been...
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....
Piombino LNG FSRU terminal will move to Vado Ligure in 2026
Piombino, Italy (PortSEurope) July 21, 2023 – The Golar Tundra regasification ship will relocate to the coast of Vado Ligure in the second half of 2026....