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2015

GATE Terminal

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Gate swings wider Editorial: Colin Chinery

The opening four years ago of the Gate terminal in Rotterdam was a major step in supplying North West Europe with LNG. Now a further breakthough is in sight with work starting on a new infrastructure that will add break bulk facilities to the expanding portfolio. W h e t h e r t h ro u g h c l i m a t e issues or the push for energy diversification, natural gas is seen as the fossil fuel of the f u t u re . A n d L N G ’s i n c re a s i n g ro l e i n E u ro p e ’s e n e r g y m i x i s u n d e r s c o re d w i t h t h e re c e n t start on a new multi user L N G b re a k b u l k i n f r a s t r u c t u re adjoining the €800m Gate terminal on the Maasvlakte in R o t t e rd a m . Opened in 2011, Gate – ‘ G a s A c c e s s t o E u ro p e ’ , t h e N e t h e r l a n d ’s f i r s t L N G

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t e r m i n a l , i m p o r t s , s t o re s , re gasifies and delivers liquefied natural gas into northwest E u ro p e ’s g r i d . The new facilities, expected to be operational by mid2 0 1 6 , a re b a s e d o n a m u l t i user service model. Open to a l l i n t e re s t e d p a r t i e s t h e y w i l l have a maximum capacity of 2 8 0 b e r t h i n g s l o t s a y e a r. B re a k - b u l k i n f r a s t r u c t u re a n d s e r v i c e s w i l l i n c re a s e L N G bunkering fuel capacity in N o r t h e r n E u ro p e – s p e c i a l i s e d

L N G b u n k e r i n g v e s s e l s a re being developed to enable ship-to-ship transfers - and ease the split up of largescale LNG shipments into manageable portions for small o ff - t a k e l o a d s . A n e w j e t t y w i l l m a k e L N G m o re w i d e l y available as a transport fuel for vessels in northwest E u ro p e . I t ’s a d e v e l o p m e n t t h a t w i l l accelerate the distribution and use of LNG as a cleaner fuel alternative for maritime

GATE terminal vessels, ferries, trucks and industrial applications t h ro u g h o u t N o r t h We s t E u ro p e .

MOTORWAYS OF THE SEA T h e p ro j e c t i s f i n a n c e d w i t h € 3 8 m f ro m t h e E u ro p e a n Investment Bank, with the re m a i n d e r s u p p l i e d b y a syndicate of four banks under a n a g re e m e n t s i g n e d i n l a t e O c t o b e r l a s t y e a r. B e s i d e s t h a t t h e re i s f u n d i n g f ro m t h e E U ’s ‘ M o t o r w a y s o f t h e S e a ’ concept, which is co-financed b y t h e E U Tr a n s E u ro p e a n Tr a n s p o r t N e t w o r k s ( T E N - T ) . Shell, the launching customer for the expansion, has committed to buy capacity f ro m G a t e t e r m i n a l , a m o v e t h a t e ff e c t i v e l y u n d e r w ro t e i n v e s t m e n t i n t h e n e w p ro j e c t . “ We a re p l e a s e d t o h a v e re a c h e d t h i s a g re e m e n t , ” s a i d

M a a r t e n We t s e l a a r, S h e l l ’s e x e c u t i v e v i c e p re s i d e n t . “LNG is a viable option for f u e l l i n g c l e a n e r a n d m o re s u s t a i n a b l e t r a n s p o r t . We believe LNG will form a bigger part of the transport fuel mix i n t h e f u t u re , a n d t h i s p ro j e c t demonstrates our confidence in LNG as a fuel option.” W i t h a n i n i t i a l t h ro u g h p u t capacity of 12 billion cubic meters per year - and with t h e o p t i o n t o i n c re a s e t o 1 6 bcm – Gate was built by the s t a t e - o w n e d g a s i n f r a s t r u c t u re company Gasunie and Netherlands-based global independent tank storage p ro v i d e r, Vo p a k , a n d s e e n b y the Dutch government as part of its strategy to hold on to t h e N e t h e r l a n d ’s p o s i t i o n a s a k e y E u ro p e a n g a s h u b . R o t t e rd a m i s E u ro p e ’s biggest port with an annual

turnover of €600m, used by 32,000 ocean-going vessels and 87,000 inland vessels a y e a r a n d e m p l o y i n g m o re t h a n 90,000 people. With an easy e n t r y ro u t e t o a n d f ro m t h e N o r t h S e a , R o t t e rd a m w a s a n o b v i o u s l o c a t i o n f o r a s u p e rsized LNG port and terminal. Four years on, this latest development by Gasunie a n d Vo p a k i s “ a n i n n o v a t i v e L N G b re a k b u l k c o n c e p t , ” says Gate terminal Managing D i re c t o r D i c k M e u r s . “Upgrading the LNG hub capabilities of Gate terminal will enable our customers to supply LNG as cleaner fuel for transport, shipping and industrial applications.” A n d a s A l l a rd C a s t e l e i n , C E O o f P o r t o f R o t t e rd a m Authority says, it fits into a general strategy aimed at s t re n g t h e n i n g R o t t e rd a m ’s

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A PARTNER

The use of LNG as a fuel is e x p e c t e d t o g ro w s u b s t a n t i a l l y f o l l o w i n g t h e i n t ro d u c t i o n earlier this year of stringent n e w e m i s s i o n re g u l a t i o n s (SECA) for the marine sector in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. By using LNG as a fuel, barges, coasters, ferries, as well as heavy duty trucks, can re d u c e t h e i r c a r b o n d i o x i d e ( C O 2) e m i s s i o n s b y u p t o 2 0 % a n d n i t ro g e n o x i d e ( N O x ) emissions by up to 85%, while re d u c i n g s u l p h u r a n d p a r t i c l e e m i s s i o n s t o a l m o s t z e ro . Reasons persuasive enough for the Dutch government a n d t h e E u ro p e a n U n i o n t o www.mourik.com encourage the development of Projects on industrial plants increasingly demand a multidisciplinary liquefied natural gas. approach. Mourik uses in-house expertise in nearly all of the But it has not been a disciplines needed for these projects. After all, you must be assured s m o o t h j o u r n e y. S i x m o n t h s of a fast-acting, reliable partner. b e f o re G a t e c a m e o n s t re a m , Your partner for today. Mourik, +31-184-66 72 00. a t s u n a m i t r i g g e re d b y a n e a r t h q u a k e o ff t h e c o a s t o f Mourik Groot-Ammers B.V. E info@mourik.com Japan, took the lives of tens @MourikHolding of thousands, and causing a c a t a s t ro p h i c f a i l u re a t t h e Going strong Fukushima 2 nuclear power plant. T h re e o f i t s s i x re a c t o r s position as the most important p o i n t . A n d w e d o n ’t h a v e t o melted down in the biggest E u ro p e a n L N G h u b . d e v e l o p t h e i n f r a s t r u c t u re nuclear disaster since b e c a u s e i t ’s a l re a d y i n p l a c e . hernobyl in 1986, leaving the urik_Adv_A Partner 88x125.indd 1 01-05-15C 16:38 ROTTERDAM’S ACE CARD S o i t ’s a v e r y s t ro n g p o i n t t o w o r l d ’s t h i rd l a r g e s t e c o n o m y “Besides the pipeline h a v e t h i s n e w t e r m i n a l h e re re l i a n t o n L N G t o f i l l i t s e n e r g y connections, our logistical a n d p l a y a l e a d i n g ro l e i n gap. l i n k s f o r t h e E u ro p e a n s m a l l the distribution of LNG for Since then plans to phase scale market – whether by the small scale market into out nuclear power in the next r i v e r, c o a s t a l s h i p p i n g , t r u c k s E u ro p e ; a d e d i c a t e d f a c i l i t y f o r few decades have made the a n d i n f u t u re p e r h a p s b y s m a l l s c a l e s h i p s f ro m s a y 5 0 0 ro l e a n d i m p o r t a n c e o f L N G t r a i n a re a v a i l a b l e a n d v e r y t o 2 0 , 0 0 0 c u b i c m e t re s . i n c re a s i n g l y i m p o r t a n t i n competitive,” says Mr Meurs. “In the end, if you want to J a p a n ’s e n e r g y s t r a t e g y. “Altogether it gives the Port distribute LNG then you must o f R o t t e rd a m a v e r y s t ro n g h a v e re l i a b i l i t y b u i l t i n t o t h e FUKUSHIMA – AND AFTER strategic position. supply system for the benefit ”Fukushima changed the “ R o t t e rd a m i s o n e o f t h e of customers, and this is global energy market a lot,” main larger bunker markets w h y w e a re s e t t i n g u p t h i s says Mr Meurs, who joined i n E u ro p e - t h a t ’s t h e s t a r t i n g d e d i c a t e d f a c i l i t y. ” Gate in 2012 shortly after the

Is more than a supplier

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GATE terminal p ro j e c t w a s d e l i v e re d , a h o m e re t u r n a f t e r t e n y e a r s w o r k i n g in Latin America with P&O N e d l l o y d , M a e r s k a n d Vo p a k . “With Japan buying into LNG, energy prices went up s i g n i f i c a n t l y, a n d f o r E u ro p e i n g e n e r a l t h i s b ro u g h t a c h a n g e in the market dynamics.” F o r G a t e a n d o t h e r E u ro p e a n terminals it has meant a high level of unutilised storage. B u t n o w t h e d y n a m i c s a re changing again, with LNG p r i c e s o n t h e w o r l d ’s l a r g e s t market, the USA, collapsing following the development of indigenous shale gas. “Although we always h a d L N G i n t h e t a n k s , re gasification became less attractive, and so we decided to encourage customers to

d e v e l o p m o re o p t i o n a l i t i e s in the terminal. This is what we have been doing since 2 0 1 1 , a n d w e a re s t i l l i n t h a t p ro c e s s . ” Re-positioning began with adaptation to jetties and a shift to a hub terminal concept. “For this we had to add some services, starting with facilities enabling the berthing of smaller ships at our two main jetties and i n c re a s i n g o u r f l e x i b i l i t y t h e re . We c a n n o w h a v e s h i p s o f a ro u n d 6 , 0 0 0 c u b i c m e t re s a n d u p t o 1 5 , 0 0 0 c u b i c m e t re s for LNG distribution by sea to N o r t h We s t E u ro p e . “This was implemented in 2013, and in 2014 we o p e n e d a t r u c k l o a d i n g b a y, operational now for just over

a y e a r. E a r l y t h i s y e a r w e decided to make a further investment in trans-shipping services to enable LNG t r a n s f e r s f ro m s h i p - t o - s h i p w i t h o u t g o i n g t h ro u g h t h e terminal and our tanks, and this will become available in t h e s e c o n d h a l f o f t h i s y e a r. ” W i t h L N G p o w e re d s h i p p i n g a n d ro a d t r a n s p o r t p ro j e c t s getting financial backing in t h e ‘ T E N - T P ro g r a m m e ’ , t h e l a t e s t G a t e p ro j e c t i s also seen as an important step in achieving the goals o f t h e ‘ G re e n D e a l R h i n e a n d Wa d d e n ’ , a p a r t n e r s h i p between the Dutch government, business and knowledge institutes a i m e d a t p ro m o t i n g g re e n g ro w t h .

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t o o ff e r s i m i l a r s e r v i c e s in the medium term and help the global shipping sector m a k e t h e re q u i re d transitions.” E u ro p e imported just 33 million tonnes of LNG in 2014, far below its import capacity of 100 million tonnes per annum as t r a d e r ’s d i v e r t e d c a r g o e s t o h i g h e rpaying Asian markets. B u t a re c e n t s l u m p in Asian demand has raised hopes that E u ro p e m a y a t t r a c t m o re c a r g o e s i n t o i t s u n d e r- u s e d import terminals. “After four y e a r s o f f l a t s u p p l y w e a re entering a period of supply g ro w t h , ” s a y s A n d re w Wa l k e r, B G G ro u p V i c e P re s i d e n t o f Global LNG “2014 marked the startup of a new wave of supply f ro m A u s t r a l i a , a n d t h i s w i l l be joined by the first volumes f ro m t h e U S G u l f o f M e x i c o a ro u n d t h e e n d o f 2 0 1 5 . ”

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to cooperate on LNG bunkering as part of an initial deal covering information exchange on marine services. S i n g a p o re , t h e w o r l d ’s largest bunkering port, has stepped up similar cooperation arrangements, including a 2013 deal with B e l g i u m ’s A n t w e r p P o r t Authority and the Port of Z e e b r u g g e t o s t a n d a rd i s e L N G b u n k e r i n g s t a n d a rd s . “ Yo u n e e d L N G a v a i l a b l e

The big change says Mr Meurs, will come if the global shipping sector changes to LNG. International coo rd i n a t i o n i s i n c re a s i n g , a n d last month came the news that R o t t e rd a m a n d S i n g a p o re a re

for bunkering in many ports, a n d t h e P o r t o f R o t t e rd a m h a s a n i m p o r t a n t ro l e i n g e n e r a l , liaising with other main ports in the world and assisting in terms of sharing experience and practices to enable them

“The market i s s u b j e c t t o e n v i ro n m e n t a l p re s s u re a n d e m i s s i o n re s t r i c t i o n s a n d L N G i s a very viable alternative both in terms of competitiveness and availability and of course e n v i ro n m e n t a l i m p a c t . S o i t has all the elements to be a very good alternative, especially for the shipping s e c t o r. ”

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POST OPERATIONAL F o r w a rd s i x m o n t h s t o m i d - 2 0 1 6 , a n d G a t e ’s n e w m u l t i u s e r L N G b re a k b u l k i n f r a s t r u c t u re s h o u l d b e operational. What then? “As a h u b w e h a v e n o w m o re o r less completed our whole portfolio of services, so we will first have to focus on g ro w t h , a n d i n t h e f i r s t y e a r s managing operations in a h i g h l y p ro f e s s i o n a l w a y, ” says Mr Meur

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