The terminal will be capable of supplying shipping, industry and heavy transport with gas as fuel.

Swedegas president Lars Gustafsson said, "We are currently in the process of clearing the area at the port and having secured the environmental permit we can now move into the next development stage of the project."

Effective immediately, the permit includes LNG storage of up to 33,000 cubic metres and the handling of up to 500,000 tons of LNG each year.

Scheduled to be constructed in collaboration with the Port of Gothenburg, the terminal is a part of a project, which is being operated by Port of Rotterdam and Gasunie to develop an efficient LNG infrastructure between Sweden and the Netherlands.

The European Union´s TEN-T program is co-financing the common project, LNG Rotterdam Gothenburg.

 

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