Montoir-de-Bretagne LNG terminal breaks records
Buoyed by a strong international liquefied natural gas (LNG*) market, the Montoir-de-Bretagne LNG terminal received 13 tankers for four unloadings, three reloadings and three transshipments of LNG cargo within a single month – a record for Europe. The week of August 15 included even more noteworthy accomplishments: Elengy’s teams completed three LNG transshipments within seven days, a first for a European LNG terminal. And that same week the terminal completed its tenth LNG transshipment since the beginning of the year, boosting it to first place in Europe in this area.
Performance rooted in team organization and flexible facilities
This success is built on the professionalism and commitment shown by all the terminal teams, as well as the flexible facilities, a result of investments to modernize and update them. Another factor is the close collaboration with all the operators at the Nantes-Saint-Nazaire port, allowing two LNG carriers to moor simultaneously at the Montoir-de-Bretagne terminal’s two berths in order to safely transfer cargo from one to the other.
Montoir-de-Bretagne, a key LNG hub in Northwest Europe
The Montoir-de-Bretagne LNG terminal has gotten busier since 2016, transforming into a true LNG hub to meet new demands from its customers, other suppliers and traders. Originally designed to unload and regasify LNG brought by ship from countries like Algeria, Nigeria, Norway or Qatar, the terminal now offers ship reloading services from its own LNG tanks and direct transshipments of cargo between two vessels. Since 2013, the site also offers an LNG tanker truck loading station to supply industrial sites not connected to the grid. To meet growing demand for LNG – a clean, available energy that can easily replace fuel oil – Elengy regularly expands its daily tanker truck loading capacity (+50% since 2016).
The plan over the months ahead should follow the same trends, solidifying the Montoir-de-Bretagne LNG terminal’s prime position in Northwest Europe to support the booming LNG market year round. LNG is mainly redirected to high-growth countries in Asia or South America, where natural gas replaces oil and coal to help form a cleaner energy mix.
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