Belgium: Engie will provide LNG bunkering service at Port of Antwerp

Port of Antwerp has named France-based energy and shipping giant Engie the winning bidder to build

and operate an LNG-bunkering station for barges under a 30-year concession to start in October.

The bunkering station will make LNG as marine fuel “permanently available” at the port. Antwerp Port

Authority said in a statement: “Engie LNG Solutions will use a site at Quay 526-528 for this purpose. The

concession starts on 1 October and runs for a period of 30 years.”

Antwerp follows Rotterdam and Zeebrugge to become the latest major northwest Europe commercial

port to tackle the continent’s shortage of LNG-supply infrastructure.

Zeebrugge will be home port to Europe’s first multi-user LNG bunker-supply ship, due to come into

service later this year, supplying fuel to ships trading across the North Sea and into the Baltic. Belgium-

based Fluxys will co-own the 5,100m³ vessel with Engie, Mitsubishi and NYK Line.

And Rotterdam’s Gate LNG terminal is building a dedicated breakbulk terminal at Maasvlakte to open

this year that will supply gas to deepsea and river-going ships, as well as to trucks. The launch customer

is Shell, which will also station a 6,500m³ LNG bunker-supply ship at Rotterdam from next year.

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