Norwegian LNG Cargo Heads to Netherlands

The latest LNG cargo to be loaded at Norway’s Hammerfest liquefied natural gas terminal has been dispatched to the Rotterdam Port, Netherlands, according to shipping data.

The 140,000 m3 Arctic Voyager departed Hammerfest yesterday, and is expected to arrive at the Dutch Gate terminal on March 2.

The Gate terminal has an annual throughput capacity of 12 billion cubic meters per year and can be increased to 16 billion cubic meters per year in the future by building a fourth tank.

Five European energy companies (DONG Energy from Denmark, EconGas from Austria, E.ON Ruhrgas from Germany, RWE Supply & Trading from Switzerland and Eneco from the Netherlands) have signed long term throughput agreements with Gate.

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LNG World News Staff, February 27, 2012; Image: K Line