Polish LNG terminal loads first ISO container

Polish LNG terminal operator, Polskie LNG, said it has completed the first ISO-container loading at the President Lech Kaczyński LNG import facility.

The ISO-container loading marks the start of operation of the transshipment LNG installation for railroad tank cars and ISO containers, Polskie LNG said in its statement.

Speaking of the loading, Polskie LNG’s president Paweł Jakubowski said the company’s goal is to build the market in Poland as well as its portfolio of services provided by the company.

The newly launched addition to the terminal that will enable the customers to use the chilled fuel without the need for much additional infrastructure, he said.

During the operation, two tons of LNG were loaded into the 40-foot ISO container.

The operator continues the expansion of its terminal and when completed the facility will be able to load LNG into ISO tanks for railroad cars.

The expansion program would include four projects, namely, increasing the terminal’s regasification capacity, building the second quay, constructing the third LNG storage tank and establishing the transshipment LNG installation.