• 26 Sep 2016

Elengy, a company of ENGIE, and Gate Terminal B.V. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at developing the cooperation in the field of LNG related services such as truck loading and bunkering. The MoU, signed on September 21 2016 by the Commercial Director of Elengy, Pierre Cotin, and the Commercial Director of Gate, Stefaan Adriaens, demonstrates the two companies’ ambition to cooperate in enhancing several LNG services to the benefit of their customers. Gate Terminal and Elengy share the vision that European gas markets are becoming more interconnected, LNG terminal services can strengthen this trend by progressively developing multi-site features. The MoU involves exploring the development for several types of services, for example:
  • Truck loading service: As a more robust LNG chain is key for the development of this new market, Gate terminal and Elengy will actively look forward to standardizing their practices to make truck loading a safer, simpler and more efficient service;
  • Bunkering services: Gate Terminal and Elengy will study plans to support the rise of the LNG logistics by small carriers, notably for new LNG uses such as LNG as a marine fuel; Gate terminal and Elengy want to contribute to enhance the European LNG market by developing innovative solutions.
Elengy operates three terminals in France: Montoir-de-Bretagne on the Atlantic coast, and Fos Tonkin and Fos Cavaou on the Mediterranean coast and has a 4,600 LNG truck loadings capacity/year. Gate terminal (Gas Access To Europe), owened by Gasunie and Vopak, operates an LNG import terminal in Rotterdam with a throughput capacity of 12 billion cm of natural gas per annum.