LNG storage tanks heading to Port of Klaipėda

Three of five LNG storage tanks designed for an LNG reloading station at the Port of Klaipėda have been shipped from Chart Ferox, the Czech manufacturer of tanks.

The LNG reloading station the tanks will be used for is being constructed by AB Klaipėdos Nafta (KN), an operator of oil products and liquefied natural gas terminals.

Due to their mega-size, each of the storage tanks was shipped separately. It took around 16 hours to load and transport a single tank from Chart Ferox to a barge waiting at the Elbe River. The tanks are now being shipped by individual barges to the port of Hamburg, where they will be loaded onto a sea cargo carrier and sailed through the Baltic Sea to the Port of Klaipėda.

These three tanks will arrive at the port in mid March with the final two expected at the beginning of the summer.
Acting CEO of KN, Marius Pulkauninkas said: “Having followed this complex reloading operation and witnessed that the first LNG tanks were successfully and timely loaded onto a barge, we are convinced that the project is being implemented according to schedule. It is very important that the world’s leading manufacturer of LNG tanks and distribution equipment Chart Ferox, a.s is taking part in the project. This means that we are supplied with high quality LNG storage tanks which will be safely shipped to the port of Klaipėda in due time. When the LNG distribution station is put into operation, the port of Klaipėda will become the LNG hub for the Baltic countries and north-eastern Poland.”

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27th Feb 2017