Petroliera olandese Gale LPG Rotterdam IMO9876335 - contribuire a fornire alla Gran Bretagna gas naturale dalla Norvegia, a Latchford, Warrington, Dec2022
GALE (IMO: 9876335) is a LPG Tanker that was built in 2021 (1 year ago) and is sailing under the flag of Netherlands. Her carrying capacity is 3519 cubic meters Liquid Gas and her current draught is reported to be 3.8 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 91.09 meters and her width is 14.8 meters. Here shown at Latchford lock, Warrington, Cheshire, UK travelling back to Mongstad, Norway UK’s LNG imports doubled in first quarter. The UK has seen a steep increase in LNG regas because of the energy crunch caused by the war in Ukraine. UK’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports in the first quarter of 2022 reached the highest level recorded over a decade. The latest data published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy shows that the amount of LNG imported to the UK increased by almost 50% in the first three months of the year. The UK holds the second-largest LNG regasification infrastructure in Europe UK has acted as a gateway for gas to enter European pipelines and meet demand, as countries moved away from importing Russian gas. GB is looking to secure long-term gas import contracts as part of efforts to ensure the country's gas supply security UK relies on imported gas to meet around half of its demand, with Norway the top supplier, accounting for some two-thirds of the UK's imports last year, according to government data.
