Gasum plans to increase LNG and biogas bunkering in Drammen

Finnish state-owned energy company Gasum intends to ramp up bunker deliveries of LNG and liquefied biogas (LBG) in Norway's Port of Drammen.

PHOTO: LNG delivered to UECC’s Auto Energy in Drammen. Port of Drammen

Last month, Gasum bunkered the Auto Energy, an LNG-battery hybird vehicle carrier vessel operated by Norwegian shipping line United European Car Carriers (UECC). The 70 mt stem marked the first LNG bunker delivery in Drammen and was delivered by truck.

Gasum says this could be the first in many LNG bunker operations to come, and it will seek to offer more sustainable LBG as bunkers as well.

But “no firm date for the continuing of the operations have been set,” Jacob Granqvist, vice president of maritime at Gasum, tells ENGINE.

Drammen is one of the busiest Norwegian ports in terms of car imports. It handled a record 122,000 cars imports in 2022 – up from the previous peak of 118,000 in 2021.

By Tuhin Roy

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