Port of HaminaKotka LNG

Port of HaminaKotka LNG


LNG Oy, a joint venture of Hamina Energy Ltd and the Estonian Alexela Group, is building a receiving terminal for LNG at the Port of HaminaKotka in Southern Finland at a cost of around €95m.

Alexela, the project partner of Hamina Energy, is a leading energy company in Estonia, with net sales of about €200m. In the first stage of the project a storage tank of 30,000 m3 will be built for LNG that is capable of supplying gas to the distribution network of Hamina Energy and other customers. There is also the option to build a second storage tank of 20,000 m3 in the future.

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LNG Creates a foundation for the growth of Hamina Energy outside its own region.

The employment impact of the construction project of the LNG terminal in 2017 to 2020 is around 100 person-work years. The operational phase of the terminal from 2020 onwards will create about 10 permanent jobs in Hamina.

CEO of Port of HaminaKotka Ltd, Dr Kimmo Naski said: “The future of maritime transport is shifting to the era of LNG. The LNG terminal at the Hamina Harbour will enhance the national and international competitiveness of the Port of HaminaKotka significantly.”

For more information visit www.haminanenergia.fi

17th July 2017

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