• 31 May 2018

In just a few months, for the first time, vessels will be able to bunker LNG at a permanent facility at the Port of Gothenburg.

Swedegas, which will own and operate the facility, and the Norwegian company Barents NaturGass, which can supply the LNG with ISO-containers from main European terminals, have entered into an agreement.

The facility is being built at the quayside at the Energy Port at the Port of Gothenburg, where vessels can bunker LNG while loading or unloading. The LNG will be brought to the facility using trailers or containers, which will unload at a discharge station. The LNG will then be distributed via a 450-metre vacuum-insulated cryogenic pipeline to the quays in the Skarvik area at the Energy Port.

“We are very pleased to have the opportunity to work at the largest port in the Nordic region and with the shipping companies that use the port. Gothenburg based shipping companies have been amongst the first to adopt LNG in Sweden. Several vessels have already been built and launched which are ready to run on LNG. We are keen to start our LNG supply services and meet the customer’s needs,” said Gudrun Rollefsen, CEO in Barents NaturGass.

Gothenburg’s first LNG facility at the “Energy Port” will soon be completed. Construction has been in progress since the winter and the facility is expected to become operational in August this year. Vessels can bunker day and night while loading and unloading. Moreover, the facility can over time be expanded to stay in line with the market growth. It is also ready for supply of biogas (LBG)

“We always build infrastructure that can handle both natural gas and renewable gas. It must be simple for shipping companies to gradually increase the mix of renewable gas as the transition progresses,” said Johan Zettergren, Swedegas Chief Executive Officer.

In April 2017, Barents NaturGass Norways has opened the largest dedicated bunkering facility for LNG on Polarbase in Hammerfest (Norway) where ships and vessels moving up the Norwegian coast, in the Barents Sea or through the northern sea-route have easy access to LNG. A fuel with large environmental benefits.

Source:  SWEDEGAS