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.
Svitzer signs a contract to service Gastrade’s Alexandroupolis INGS
Alexandroupolis, Greece (PortSEurope) July 17, 2023 – Svitzer, a global towage provider and part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, has signed a 15-year contract to...
Endesa will manage the LNG plant in the Port of Gijón
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) July 14, 2023 – Endesa has been awarded a contract by Enagás to work as a logistics service provider at the El Musel...
Italy’s Liguria region considers second LNG terminal
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) July 14, 2023 – The region of Liguria would like to the location of a second liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, the local...
Piombino terminal receives first gas from Eni
Piombino, Italy (PortSEurope) July 10, 2023 – Eni has delivered a gas cargo of 90 million m³ to the SNAM regasification terminal in Piombino, Italy....
Piombino LNG FSRU terminal receives final authorisation
Piombino, Italy (PortSEurope) June 28, 2023 – Italian energy company Snam has received a final authorisation for its Golar Tunda floating...
Axpo linked to LNG vessel in Port of Naples
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) June 23, 2023 – Swiss renewable energy company Axpo has been linked to a liquefied natural gas (LNG) barge in the port of...
FSRU can only stay in Piombino port for three years
Piombino, Italy (PortSEurope) June 5, 2023 – Italian energy company Snam has said that at its Golar Tunda floating storage and regasification...
Risk of drone attacks will end LPG export via Russia’s Taman port
Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) June 5, 2023 – Very high risk of air and sea drone attacks are forcing Russia’s Black Sea port of Taman to suspend the export...
Piombino LNG FSRU terminal to start operations in June
Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) May 30, 2023 – Italian energy company Snam has said that at its Golar Tunda floating storage and regasification...
LNG Croatia receives its first shipment of LNG from Oman LNG.
Pula, Croatia (Ports Europe) May 26, 2023 – State-owned terminal operator LNG Croatia has received its first shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG)...
Montenegro signs memorandum for LNG terminal
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) May 16, 2023 – The Montenegro government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Enerflex Energy Systems and...
Will Greece review FSRU-LNG projects?
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) May 9, 2023 – The Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to upheavals in gas markets. European Union (EU) countries...
Azerbaijan, Albania agree industry cooperation
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) May 9, 2023 – At the Joint Committee between Albania and Azerbaijan, the two governments agreed to cooperation in the...
Snam receives its first LNG at its FSRU docked at the port of Piombino
Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) May 7, 2023 – Italian energy company Snam has received its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo at its Golar Tunda...
Gastrade and the Alexandroupolis Port Authority negotiate
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) April 28, 2023 – Negotiations are ongoing between Gastrade and the Alexandroupolis Port Authority for the lease...
TotalEnergies, MSC Cruises complete bunkering at Marseille Fos
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) April 26, 2023 – TotalEnergies Marine Fuels and MSC Cruises have successfully completed the first liquefied natural gas...
No progress in LNG terminal projects in ports of Bar and Vlora
Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) April 3, 2023 – The Western Balkans’ first two liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals, planned in the Adriatic ports of...
New LNG complex to be built in Sviyazhsk, Tatarstan, Russia
Sviyazhsk, Russia (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – A liquefied natural gas (LNG) production and bunkering complex will be built on the territory of the...
Powerful trade unions get involved in the Brindisi FSRU project
Brindisi, Italy (PortSEurope) March 22, 2023 – The two main trade unions in Italy clashed about the Edison project for the construction of an liquefied...
Four bcm FSRU ship docked in Italy’s Piombino
Piombino, Italy (PortSEurope) March 21, 2023 – Golar Tundra, the giant ship that will serve as a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasifier, has arrived...