Italian companies Decal and San Marco Petroli have unveiled plans to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage terminal in Porto Marghera, Venice.
The duo said in a statement issued last week that they have completed the feasibility study for the construction of the LNG terminal able to receive feeder ships with up to 30,000-cbm capacity.
The terminal does not include regasification facilities. It is designed for LNG distribution to be used as truck fuel for communities not connected to the national gas network and for ship bunkering, the statement reads.
The total capacity of the facility will be 32,000-cbm in a full containment atmospheric tank and two “bullet” horizontal pressure vessels of 1000 cbm each.
The terminal includes a berth for LNG ships and a berth for LNG barges with a capacity of up to 1000 cbm.
The berthing will be carried out at “Decal 1” quay which was completely renewed in 2016.
The facility would also include up to five loading lanes for LNG tanker trucks, the duo said in the statement, adding that in the second phase of the project a railway connection for LNG train loading could also be built.