LNG

While the Zeebrugge LNG import terminal in Belgium again saw a decline in the utilisation rate with fewer large carriers unloading in 2016, there was a surge in small-scale activities including re-loadings by smaller LNG carriers and more truck distribution.

Belgian shipping company Exmar said it was continuing to discuss the acquisition by Royal Vopak of the Netherlands, the global petroleum storage company, of its LNG Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) business.