Texas-based Fluor Corp. announced that it won a contract from Gate Terminal BV—a joint venture of Royal Vopak and Gasunie—to design and build an LNG break-bulk terminal in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Under the deal, “Fluor will provide engineering, procurement and construction management services for the jetty, loading facilities, boil-off gas compressors, connection to the LNG terminal and other facilities,” according to the company.
“This project will help address northern Europe’s growing need for LNG as a transportation fuel,” said Taco de Haan, president of Fluor’s energy and chemicals business for Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
The break-bulk terminal will split up large-scale LNG shipments into smaller quantities “to facilitate the distribution of LNG to be used as fuel for ships and heavy trucks,” according to Fluor.
According to Royal Vopak and Gasunie—the Gate Terminal partners—construction is scheduled to start this year and LNG refueling services would begin in first-half 2016.
The new LNG terminal “will be expanded with an additional harbor basin to enable LNG distribution for small-scale use with a maximum capacity of 280 berthing slots per year,” according to the partners.
Oil major Royal Dutch Shell Plc has signed a contract to become an initial customer for the LNG fueling operation, according to the partners.
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