Dutch LNG deliveries
June 20 (LNGJ) - The Netherlands was receiving two LNG cargoes, one from Norway and one from the United States. The “BW Pavilion Aranthera” with 173,400 cubic metres capacity is scheduled to deliver a US LNG cargo on June 21 to the Dutch Eemshaven import terminal in Groningen, according to shipping data.
The cargo was loaded on June 7 at the Freeport export facility in Texas. The “Arctic Discoverer” with 139,760 cubic metres capacity has berthed at the Gate terminal in Rotterdam with a shipment from Hammerfest in Norway lifted on June 14.
Höegh LNG Holdings says floating LNG terminal market remains tight as progress made on third Dutch facility
Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd, the owner and operator of 13 LNG vessels including floating storage and regasification (FSRU) units, said the outlook for the FSRU market was expected to remain strong as another terminal plan progressed for the Netherlands in the port of Vlissingen.
Dutch Gate LNG import terminal in Rotterdam proceeds with open season to test interest and issues details
The Dutch Gate LNG import terminal in Rotterdam, a joint venture between Dutch utility Gasunie and global storage company Royal Dutch Vopak, is proceeding with its open season to gauge market interest in an additional 4 billion cubic metres per annum of capacity.
Gasum deploys LNG bunkering vessel ‘Kairos’ permanently to serve Antwerp-Amsterdam-Rotterdam
Gasum, the Finnish state-run natural gas and LNG company, has extended its bunkering services in the Antwerp, Amsterdam, and Rotterdam (ARA) region by locating its bunkering vessel “Kairos” in the area.
“This supports Gasum’s strategy to expand its maritime services in Northwest Europe,” said the Helsinki-based company.
Previously Kairos has been operating flexibly in the North Sea and Baltic Sea and only arrived in the ARA area upon request.
The 4,376 deadweight ton vessel is 117 metre in length and 20 metres wide with capacity of 7,500 cubic metres.
“The new location of 'Kairos' enables Gasum to deliver bunkers of LNG, the cleanest available marine fuel to its clients in Northern Continental Europe, whenever they have the need,” said Gasum.
Gasum’s Jacob Granqvist, Vice President of Maritime, said he was happy to have the “Kairos” deployed in the ARA.
Market growth
“We are now constantly present in the region and can better cater for the needs of our old and new LNG customers in the maritime segment,” explained Granqvist.
“LNG is the cleanest available marine fuel, and it’s rapidly becoming the most commonly used alternative to traditional fuels,” he noted
Gasum also owns a network of Nordic terminals and facilities comprising a small-scale liquefaction plant and an expanding chain of LNG fuel stations for vehicles.
Its terminals include Sweden’s Nynashamn facility with 20,000 cubic metres capacity of storage and purchased in April 2020 by Gasum from Germany’s Linde AG.
The Finnish company additionally has a small-scale liquefaction plant in Risavika, near Stavanger in Norway, while owning and operating other small regasification and import terminals in Ora and Alesund in Norway and Lysekil in Sweden.
It partly owns the Pori LNG import terminal in Finland and has a stake in the Finnish Tornio Magna regasification facility.
Netherlands and EU make progress helped by LNG on Dutch wish to shut Groningen natural gas field
European Union natural gas grids and companies are studying the latest report on the conversion of the low calorific gas (L-gas) markets in Belgium, France, Germany and the Netherlands to reduce demand for Groningen gas field supplies to be ended by the Dutch Government because of earth tremor concerns.
