*Klaipeda performs largest ever reload onto the Amur River, which will deliver a cargo for Equinor to Inkoo tomorrow. Another delivery and large reload added to the schedule for next week* Read for free here: https://lnkd.in/eGUJNb-D
The 155,000m³ Amur River reloaded 105,000m³ of LNG at Klaipeda and left the terminal this morning. Equinor will deliver the cargo to Finland's 3.9mn t/yr Inkoo LNG terminal, Klaipeda operator KN Energies — formerly Klaipedos Nafta — said. The Amur River will arrive at Inkoo on 20 January, according to the port's shipping schedule.
Previous Klaipeda reloads were limited to small-scale vessels, mostly of less than 10,000m³ in size, KN Energies said. The previous largest transshipment was just 17,000m³, the operator added.
This large transshipment demonstrates that Klaipeda "not only serves as the main source of natural gas supply to Lithuania but also acts as infrastructure of regional importance, thus ensuring gas supplies to other countries", Mindaugas Navikas, chief commercial officer of KN Energies, said.
Klaipeda adds January cargo, reload
KN Energies updated its terminal schedule on 18 January, adding an additional cargo and another large reload.
A 138,000m³ cargo is due to be delivered on 22 January, and another 45,000m³ reload is then scheduled for 24 January. The 148,000m³ Arctic Princess has declared for arrival at Klaipeda late this evening, carrying a cargo from Norway's Hammerfest terminal.
The close proximity of the delivery and reload suggests a firm may be splitting up a larger cargo into a smaller one for onward delivery to Inkoo. The municipality's terminal schedule shows another cargo due to arrive on 24 January, 290GWh in size.
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