Damietta Port announced the restoration of the frequency of the port's liquefied gas carriers again after an 8-year hiatus, and that the LNG tanker coming from Singapore, which will ship 60 thousand, has been received Tons, equivalent to 158 thousand cubic meters, bound for Bangladesh.
The statement added that the ship is flying the flag of the Marshall Islands, 276 meters in length, 45 meters in width and 14 meters in depth.
and the Minister of Transport directed that the Damietta Port Authority undertake field follow-up to the process of entering and anchoring the ship on the dock of the Segas company, where he directed to raise the state of readiness and apply all insurance and safety measures followed during dealing With this type of ships, and even anchorage and mooring to the terminal berth by using the locomotives owned by the authority and then continuing to leave safely.
It is mentioned that the liquefaction and gas export station in Damietta port is one of the largest gas liquefaction stations in the Middle East and the resumption of work at the station came after a hiatus of about 8 years. >
The Minister of Oil, Tariq Al-Mulla, previously said that the Damietta terminal would process about 4.5 million tons of LNG annually and raise the country's capacity to 12.5 million tons, and would represent the return of Damietta The Idku plant, whose exports rebounded after a decline last year amid the Coronavirus pandemic, also prompted the liquefied natural sector in Egypt.
and while Egypt's contribution to the natural gas market represented only about 1% of global supplies in 2019, it would become one of the top 10 exporters if it reached At full capacity, according to Bloomberg data.
Egypt plans to use its location opposite Europe to become a major resource for the continent seeking to abandon environmentally polluting fuels, such as oil and coal. Egypt will ship gas from the giant Zohr field, in addition to some gas imported from Israel.
