Tag: LNG infrastructure

The EU will invest €101.4 million in the construction of the LNG terminal in the island of Krk, Croatia. As part of its Energy Union strategy, the EU is committed to building missing energy infrastructure links and ensuring that every EU country has access to at least three different sources of gas.

The main factors to drive LNG shipping demand in the coming years are supply infrastructure at major ports and attractive pricing, according to delegates of IBIA’s Annual Convention in Singapore.

Gas Infrastructure Europe released the GIE LNG map and database 2018, depicting the main characteristics of all large-scale and small-scale operational LNG terminals in Europe, information on the LNG terminals under construction, as well as the planned projects.

Japan based 'Japex', informed that the LNG tanker 'Puteri Intan Satu' has arrived at the Soma LNG Terminal, in the No. 4 wharf of the Soma Port, Fukushima Prefecture, as the first cargo bringing LNG to the terminal.

In response to the requirements of EU Directive 2014/94/EU for the development of an LNG re-fueling infrastructure for maritime transport in main European ports, Malta's Energy and Water Agency and Transport Malta have embarked on a study to identify an optimal infrastructure solutions for LNG bunkering in the island.

The arrival of an LNG plant is an important first step towards the port's goal of being fossil-free in 2045. The initiative also comes in line with the partly EU-funded Bothnia project, which seeks to upgrade the existing maritime link between ports in the Baltic Sea, to further comply with the environmental regulations.

During a meeting that Vladimir Putin held, the Russian President touched upon the issue of the development, construction and the further development of the shipbuilding complex Zvezda, located on the Northern Sea Route.

The US Trade and Development Agency, in cooperation with LNG Allies, launched the U.S. Gas Infrastructure Exports Initiative. This Initiative aims to connect American companies to new export opportunities across the gas value chain in emerging economies.

The LNG import terminal in Tornio, Finland, received its first shipload of LNG by 'Coral Energy', a time-chartered LNG carrier operated by Skangas, on Sunday, 19 November. Once completed in summer 2018, the import terminal will be the largest LNG terminal in the Nordic countries and the second LNG terminal in Finland.