LNG

D.Trading, the trading arm of Ukraine’s DTEK Group, has completed a delivery of U.S.-origin LNG to the Netherland’s Gate terminal in Rotterdam. Though volumes and origin of the cargo was not disclosed, the shipment underlines D.Trading growing involvement in the Atlantic Basin.

The Netherlands has made a final investment decision on the Porthos carbon-dioxide transport and storage system, the first on the continental European Union and involving LNG terminal operator and utility Gasunie, Dutch state-owned gas company Energie Beheer Nederland (EBN) and the Port of Rotterdam Authority.

July 2 (LNGJ) - The 145,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Methane Nile Eagle” is lifting a cargo for Asia on July 2 from the Queensland Curtis LNG plant in Queensland, owned by Royal Dutch Shell, according to shipping data. The 147,200 cubic metres capacity vessel “Arctic Princess” will deliver a cargo to the Dutch Gate terminal Rotterdam on July 7 from the Hammerfest plant in Norway operated by Equinor. The 145,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Milaha Qatar” will deliver a cargo on July 11 to the Adriatic import facility offshore Italy from Ras Laffan in Qatar. The 155,000 cubic metres capacity “Gaslog Singapore” is scheduled to unload a shipment on July 13 in Tokyo purchased by Japanese importer Jera Co. Inc. from the Wheatstone export facility in Western Australia. The 165,500 cubic metres capacity vessel “Meridian Spirit” will deliver a shipment on July 21 to the Indian Dahej terminal from the US Sabine Pass plant in Louisiana.

Zeebrugge LNG Terminal, owned by Belgian company Fluxys, has begun the first loading operations for the small-scale carrier “Coral EnergICE”, an Ice-Class vessel designed to make year-round deliveries of break-bulk cargoes to Scandinavian ports.

Fluxys of Belgium, the operator of the Zeebrugge LNG terminal as well as the Belgian natural gas network and gas trading operations, has carried out its first trans-shipment operation before it starts its business of handling cargoes from the Yamal liquefaction plant in the Russian Arctic region from 2019.

OMV Gas Marketing of Austria has signed an LNG supply agreement with Qatargas, the world’s largest production company, with shipments to be delivered over a period of five years to the Dutch import terminal at the Port of Rotterdam.

Royal Dutch Shell said that two of its fuel subsidiaries signed a long-term agreement with shipping line Siem Car Carriers to supply LNG to fuel two new car-carrying ships being used to transport Volkswagen vehicles from Europe to North America.

Sept 19 (LNG) - The 173,400 cubic metres capacity vessel “Ribera Ddel Duero Knutsen” is scheduled to deliver a shipment on October 5 to the Dutch Gate import terminal in Rotterdam from the US Sabine Pass plant in Louisiana, operated by Cheniere Energy. The carrier lifted the cargo on September 14, according to shipping data. The 159,924 cubic metres capacity carrier “Energy Atlantic” is scheduled to arrive at the US Sabine Pass plant on October 7 to lift a cargo after previously delivering a shipment to Argentina.

July 12 (LNGJ) - The Dutch Gate LNG import terminal, a joint venture facility owned by the utility Gasunie and global storage giant Royal Vopak, has started commercial operations at two new truck-loading bays. “By adding two new truck-loading bays to the existing bay, the Gate terminal is prepared to efficiently cater for future growth in the demand for LNG distribution via road or containers. This will support the efforts of Gate terminal customers to deliver LNG to retail stations, industry and ships,” Gate said. The Dutch terminal started the truck service in 2014 with one bay and has experienced a year-by-year surge in the business leading to 750 trucks being loaded in the first half of 2017.

Qatargas, the world’s largest LNG exporting company, said it signed a new sales agreement with Royal Dutch Shell to deliver up to 1.1 million tonnes to the European energy major for up to five years.