European Union’s first LNG fuel-dedicated port at Ravenna in northeast Italy begins commercial operations
The owners of the small-scale LNG import terminal and fuelling facility at the Port of Ravenna in northeast Italy have formally entered commercial service as the first LNG fuel-dedicated port under the European Union's clean fuel policies.
Ravenna ship naming
Oct 13 (LNGJ) - Italian utility Edison and Knutsen OAS Shipping of Norway have held a naming ceremony at the northeast Italian port of Ravenna for the 30,000 cubic metres capacity LNG carrier, “Ravenna Knutsen”. The vessel will serve a small-scale LNG import terminal joint venture at the port.
The terminal will supply at least 12,000 trucks and up to 48 ferries per annum with LNG fuel. Edison and Spain’s gas grid operator Enagás are shareholders in the Italian facility and are cooperating on developing small-scale LNG use in the Mediterranean region of both Italy and Spain. “The vessel is pivotal in the first integrated small-scale LNG logistics chain in Italy, which Edison has built to promote the decarbonisation of maritime and heavy transport,” said Edison.
Italian and Spanish companies oversee first LNG cargo delivery to Italy’s new Ravenna small-scale terminal
Italian utility Edison and Enagás, the Spanish natural gas grid operator and LNG terminal network owner, have delivered the first cargo to their small-scale LNG import terminal joint venture at the port of Ravenna on the northeast coast of Italy.
