Three Iberian Peninsula companies inaugurate LNG station for logistics in Barcelona Port
Three Iberian Peninsula companies have opened a liquefied natural gas fuel station at the Port of Barcelona, offering an alternative and cleaner fuel for land transport of goods around the northeast Spanish port.
Portugal carries out first LNG fuel bunkering on Carnival cruise liner at port on island of Madeira
Portugal has carried out its first liquefied natural gas bunkering operation at one of its ports when a cruise liner owned by a subsidiary of Carnival Corp. of the US was refuelled at the Atlantic island of Madeira.
Portugal and Taiwan LNG
Nov 24 (LNGJ) - The 75,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Cheikh El Mokrani” is scheduled to deliver a shipment on November 26 to the Sines import terminal in Portugal from the Skikda plant in Algeria, according to shipping data. The 177,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “Gigira Laitebo” will unload a cargo on November 29 at the Yung-An terminal in Taiwan from the Papua New Guinea plant. The 210,100 cubic metres capacity Q-Flex vessel “Al Sadd” will deliver a shipment to Singapore on December 3 from Ras Laffan in Qatar.
Portugal and Spain LNG
Dec 13 (LNGJ) - The 147,200 cubic metres capacity “Arctic Princess” will deliver a shipment to the Sines import terminal in Portugal on December 17 from the Hammerfest liquefaction plant in northern Norway, operated by Statoil. The 141,000 cubic metres capacity “LNG Cross River” will deliver a shipment on December 22 to the Barcelona terminal in northeast Spain from the Nigeria LNG Bonny Island export plant.
Sines and Thai cargoes
Aug 31 (LNGJ) - The 215,000 cubic metres capacity Q-Flex ship “Al Utouriya” is set to unload a cargo from Qatar on September 2 at the Portuguese import terminal at Sines, according to shipping data. The 137,350 cubic metres capacity carrier “Al Wajba” will deliver cargo on September 4 from Singapore to the Japanese Naoetsu import terminal, owned by Inpex.The 217,000 Q-Max carrier “Al Kharsaah” is scheduled to deliver a RasGas cargo on September 13 to the Map Ta Phut import terminal in Thailand.
Portugal is expected to be first European recipient of a US LNG cargo around April 26
Portugal is expected to be the first European country to receive a US LNG cargo from the export plant owned by Cheniere Energy that recently went into operation at Sabine Pass in Louisiana.
