Avenir to expand LNG bunkering to Italy and eastern Europe

UK-headquartered Avenir LNG has partnered with Croatian gas supplier Prvo Plinarsko Društvo (PPD) to supply LNG in northern Italian ports and eastern European countries.

PHOTO: LNG supplied by truck to a floating storage and regasification unit vessel. LNG Croatia

Avenir will start LNG supply from October this year and stems would initially be delivered by trucks to customers including shipping.

LNG will be sourced from the Krk LNG terminal located in Croatia by the northern Adriatic Sea, and later supplied by trucks and small barges. The Krk LNG terminal launched commercial operations last year and has 2.6 billion cbm/year capacity.

Additionally, both companies consider developing an LNG breakbulk terminal in the Adriatic Sea to handle large quantities of LNG import and exports.

PPD has a natural gas distribution network spanning Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Earlier this month, Avenir announced plans to develop an LNG and bioLNG terminal in the port of Oxelösund in Sweden by 2025.