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Protests against Russian LNG deliveries

On Sep 18, 2022, Greenpeace activists staged a protest at Tornio in an attempt to focus the public’s attention on shipments from Russia’s Vysotsk LNG project — a joint venture between Russia’s largest independent gas producer Novatek and the country’s leading financial institution, Gazprombank. Protesters climbed the loading arms and paddlers at the Tornio regasification terminal in attempt to prevent the 'Coral Energice' (IMO: 9783124) from mooring. The unloading of the vessel’s cargo, ordered by Finnish gas importer Gasum, was delayed for 24 hours. Greenpeace Norden said in a statement: “It is incomprehensible that the government led by [Prime Minister] Sanna Marin still allows the importation of fossil fuels that finance the war machine, even though Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine has been going on for more than half a year. Finland must immediately ban the import of Russian fossil fuels and direct Gasum to stop importing gas from Russia.” Gasum has importing an average of two cargoes per month from Vysotsk LNG. A Gasum spokesperson said the LNG cargoes are being delivered to Finland under a long-term contract with Russia’s Gazprom Export. A take-or-pay clause in this contract obliges Gasum to source a certain amount of LNG from Russia each year. Another LNG carrier, the 'Coral Energy' arrived at Hamina on Sep 19 this weekend from Vysotsk, in order to load LNG into the Hamina LNG facility, which is in the process of being commissioned. The cooling operation of the storage tank will now begin at the Hamina terminal. The tank must be cooled to minus-162 degrees Celsius. This gas is intended for that. The first cargo is understood to be able to fill about half the capacity of the Hamina facility’s 30,000 cubic metre storage facility. According to Gasum, the cargo has been supplied under its contract with operator Hamina LNG. However, the company has no immediate plans to deliver more LNG cargoes to the terminal not from the spot market. The Hamina terminal will be directly linked to the country’s pipeline network to help replace reduced supplies of Russian pipeline gas. Greenpeace will also monitor whether a larger Russian LNG cargo may be secured from the spot market to commission an upcoming regasification project being built jointly by Finland and Estonia. The joint Finland-Estonia LNG project calls for the construction of two receiving terminals and storage facilities at the ports of Paldiski in Estonia and Inkoo in Finland, with the chartered 'Exemplar FSRU', afloating storage and regisification vessel, alternately discharging LNG between the two, depending on demand. Finland’s state-owned gas pipeline operator Gasgrid entered into a 10-year agreement in May with Excelerate Energy to charter the 'Exemplar FSRU', which has a storage capacity of 150,900 cubic metres. The ship sailed to Estonia from Argentina in August and is currently located in the Atlantic off the coast of northwest Africa. Report with photos: https://www.upstreamonline.com/lng/greenpeace-protest-delays-finland-s-russian-lng-imports/2-1-1302758

Greenpeace activists prevented landing of Russian gas

Greenpeace activists prevented the 'Coral Energy' from landing Russian gas at Gasum's LNG terminal in Nynäshamn. The tanker departed in the afternoon of Sep 7, 2022, from Pori, bound for Nynäshamn, where Gasum's LNG terminal was to receive Russian gas from the ship. On Sep 8 the 'Coral Energy' was circling outside the loading dock, as Greenpeace activists prevented the ship from docking in the port. On site is the Greenpeace sailing vessel 'Witness', and activists have also scrambled in kayaks outside the dock to prevent the vessel from coming to shore. The local police was also on site and monitoring the situation. Greenpeace demands that the government make a decision on an immediate stop to the import of Russian fossil gas: "That Russian fossil gas is still allowed to flow into Sweden, more than six months after Putin began his bloody invasion of Ukraine, is unacceptable. We know that all fossil fuels from Russia finance the war". Report with photos: https://www.hbl.fi/artikel/d3c4bdc3-ece1-4e34-b862-2f86d4de48c6

Princess Maxima Performs Naming Ceremony of the dual fuel powered Coral Energy

On Friday 7 December 2012 the Cruise Terminal Rotterdam hosted the festive naming ceremony of the new build LNG carrier Coral Energy, built by Meyer Werft for Anthony Veder Gas Shipping. The official naming ceremony was performed by Her Royal Highness Princess Maxima of the Netherlands. World First Being world’s first direct driven dual-fuel ice-class 1A LNG carrier, the Coral Energy clearly marks a new era for the transport of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). This handy-size LNG carrier was specifically developed for Skangass, a Norway-based gas provider, to expand their LNG market in Scandinavia.