Spain and the national gas grid operator and LNG terminal owner Enagás have marked the successful first phase of a European Union-backed project to bring liquefied natural gas maritime fuel to the ports of the Iberian Peninsula.
Italian energy company Eni, one of the leading LNG market participants, has completed an acquisition enabling it to enter the utility market in the Iberian Peninsula of Spain and Portugal.
The Spanish HAM Group has acquired 11 new LNG-powered truck tractors from Swedish vehicle manufacturer Scania to join its own fleet in the Transportes HAM unit, a leading European company in the road haulage sector.
Supplies of liquefied natural gas as a maritime fuel for vessels passing the Strait of Gibraltar and the development of infrastructure were considered at a European Union-backed meeting at the Spanish port of Algeciras.