Eneco and AGA Gas AB have signed an agreement for small scale LNG vessel reloads which will take place at the Gate terminal in Rotterdam. This marks the start of ‘small scale LNG’, from the largest harbour in the Netherlands and surrounding area, opening up new market opportunities for LNG as f.i. a clean alternative transportation fuel.
The first reload is planned for September/ October 2013. This small scale LNG reload will be the first reload conducted at the Gate terminal. Gate terminal recently completed the additional investments to facilitate their customers to berth small vessels and reload LNG in order to support the small scale market developments. The LNG will be utilized in the Scandinavian Market for small scale LNG applications. Ship owner and operator Anthony Veder will transport the LNG to AGAs’ terminal in Nynäshamn in Sweden. Anthony Veder is dedicated to the transport of liquefied gasses and is a frontrunner in developing and operating small scale LNG carriers.
For Eneco this deal with AGA is a step forward in the small scale LNG business. Small scale LNG contributes to a more sustainable transportation sector. Eneco is a 1 bcm capacity holder at the Gate terminal and is expecting to expand its small scale LNG business the next coming years.
AGA is the leading industrial gas and small scale LNG company in Northern Europe. AGA’s LNG-terminal in Nynäshamn is the first LNG terminal in the Baltic Sea and also Sweden’s largest terminal for LNG import. This terminal came into operation about two years ago and has a storage capacity of 20,000 m3. The LNG-terminal is an interim storage for the liquid natural gas which is shipped on to customers by truck or to the pipeline as gas. In addition AGA is owner and operator of Seagas, the first fuelling vessel which supplies LNG ship to ship to M/S Viking Grace, the new cruise-ship of Viking Line.