Fluxys Belgium, the operator of the Belgian natural gas network and the Zeebrugge LNG import terminal, reported a drop in net profits due to one-off tax items and higher investments as Russian LNG trans-shipments activities rose along with small-scale fuel loadings.
A liquefied natural gas-powered truck built by Turin-based Italian truck and bus maker IVECO said one of its vehicles had broken the European record for travel on a single LNG tank from the UK to the Spanish capital Madrid.
Royal Dutch Shell has opened its first Belgian liquefied natural gas filling station at Herstal targeting international road freight traffic as the European fuel network increases, fed by LNG import terminals in the Dutch port of Rotterdam and the Belgian port of Zeebrugge.
Elengy of France, owner of three of the nation’s liquefied natural gas import terminals, said it planned to build a truck-loading station at the Fos Cavaou facility near the Mediterranean port of Marseilles to boost distribution in the region.