Germany's Niedersachsen Ports has begun operating a newly constructed jetty built specifically to handle the offloading of LNG from floating storage and regasification units (FSRU).
The Port of Stade is the second port in Lower Saxony to feature a dedicated LNG jetty that will be put into operation by Niedersachsen Ports following the completion of similar infrastructure in Wilhelmshaven.
The new jetty at Stade covers four hectares and has a quay length of 1.6 kilometres and a maximum berthing draught of 16.4 metres. Niedersachsen Ports said that although the facility will initially handle LNG, it may also accommodate renewable gases such as green hydrogen and ammonia in future.
Construction of the Stade LNG jetty was completed in eleven months at a cost of approximately €300 million (US$327 million).
