Skangas, a subsidiary of Gasum, has bunkered October 1, 2016, a ship for the first time directly from the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Pori, Finland. The product tanker Ternsund was successfully bunkered with LNG in a quick and safe operation.

The Skangas LNG terminal in Finland is strategically well positioned for ship bunkering and designed for multipurpose use from the beginning. It supplies LNG to a gas connection pipeline and offers truck loading as well as terminal-to-ship bunkering operations.

This is the only place in the Gulf of Bothnia where ships can bunker directly from a terminal. The introduction of bunkering at the Pori terminal marks the start of a new era of marine bunkering in Finland. In addition, truck-to-ship bunkering is increasing throughout the country, which will further help shipowners reach their environmental goals.

“The Skangas terminal in Pori was officially opened three weeks ago. This marks a milestone in our development of the Finnish market. Now we do yet another first when making the first bunkering directly from the terminal,” says Tor Morten Osmundsen, CEO at Skangas, and continues, “I’m very proud to be able to offer customers like NEOT a bunkering service directly at the terminal.”

Ternsund is the first of four new LNG-fueled vessels owned by the shipowner Terntank and operated by the Finnish company North European Oil Trade (NEOT).
“We’re very satisfied that we now have the opportunity to bunker LNG in Finland right beside one of our terminals,” says Satu Mattila, Chartering Manager at NEOT. “We will run Ternsund both along the Finnish and the Norwegian coast as well as in the Gothenburg area. It’s advantageous for us that our LNG supplier can offer bunkering at several locations where we trade. This fits well with our trading pattern for the vessels Ternsund and Tern Sea.”

LNG is the most environmentally friendly shipping fuel and meets the requirements set by the Sulphur Directive for shipping as well as the stricter future limits set for emissions such as NOx, particulates and CO2.

About Gasum

The energy company Gasum is a Finnish gas sector (natural gas and biogas) expert that is building a bridge to a carbon-neutral society on land and at sea. Gasum contributes to the creation of a sustainable energy economy by increasing the supply of Finnish biogas, developing the Nordic gas ecosystem and ensuring the price competitiveness of gas.
Gasum imports natural gas to Finland, upgrades biogas and transmits and delivers these for a broad range of uses in energy production, industry, homes, and land and maritime transport. Gasum is the leading supplier of biogas in Finland.
Gasum processes waste and produces biogas at seven biogas plants located in Honkajoki, Huittinen, Kuopio, Oulu, Riihimäki, Turku and Vehmaa.
It injects biogas into the gas network from Espoo, Kouvola, Lahti and Riihimäki. The Gasum subsidiary Skangas is a Nordic expert in liquefied natural gas (LNG) that will continue to strengthen the position and infrastructure of LNG and the utilization of new gas solutions more extensively in Finland, Sweden and Norway. Skangas has LNG production plants in Risavika, Norway, and Porvoo, Finland, and LNG terminals in Øra, Norway, Lysekil, Sweden, and Pori, Finland.
The Gasum Group has around 300 employees in Finland, Norway and Sweden. The Gasum Group’s revenue totaled €915 million in 2015.