Happy Monday! Welcome back to another week of ESC’s News Blog!
Well, it looks like the Galveston
Bay area will be getting their first LNG Bunker Terminal according to the ILTA
newsletter. Did anyone happen to see
the newsletter from ILTA News Plus, April
25, 2024, they had a teaser for an announcement reprinted from Rigzone titled,
“Galveston LNG Files for Construction Permit in Texas”? In the article, it speaks about Galveston LNG Bunker Port, LLC (GLBP) a
newly formed joint venture has filed the necessary applications to get their proposed
natural gas liquefication facility which will be located in Shoal Point in
Texas City on the shores of Galveston Bay approved, built, and running. GLBP is a joint venture joining Pilot
LNG and Seapath Group; they established this new entity in September 2023. GLBP has a vision of a liquefied
natural gas (LNG) bunker terminal which will be a local supplier of alternative
marine fuel for the area to help the shipping industry meet the IMO’s goals
for emissions and decarbonization. GLBP
has filed the necessary paperwork with government agencies which includes the
US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the US Coast Guard (USCG) in their pursuit
of a small-scale LNG terminal. The
project idea which has been submitted on their application to USACE is for two
natural gas liquefaction trains and a two LNG storage tanks, a feed gas
pre-treatment facility, a bunker vessel loading berth, and marine loading
facilities. The GLBP will be
building the project in 2 phases on about 140 acres on the southwestern shores
of Galveston Bay each phase will be constructing a natural gas liquefaction
train and storage tank, and the terminal is expecting to be operational by late
2026, if all government agencies give their permissions and approvals, and
commercial financing has been acquired. If
you would like to read more of the reprint article from Rigzone, please
click the link: GalvestonLNG Files for Construction Permit in Texas | Rigzone.
Galveston LNG Bunker Port is having an
Open House, Wednesday, May 8th, 2024, from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at
Nessler Center – Captains Room in Texas City, Texas, please check out their
website for more information.
You can check
out our Blog in July 2023, we talk about the U.N.’s International Maritime Organization’s
(IMO) meeting and their 2023 strategy updates. Check out the 2023 IMO’s goals clicking
the link: Strategic Plan for the Organization (imo.org).
If you would
like help in looking into how to transport your product efficiently, safely, and
with less of a carbon footprint from your terminal, or just find out what is
underneath your feet to help with your emission reduction goals, contact us via
email in the blog and check out our ESC's website!
Don’t forget ITLA’s
Conference and Trade Show is coming up May 6 – 8, 2024, in
Houston, Texas. If you would like more information, please click the link: ILTA 2024.
We hope to see you there!
We hope you have a wonderful evening and a productive week!
**Disclaimer: You may be charged a fee to read the Rigzone’s
article. **
***Disclaimer: Please refer to Galveston LNG Bunker Port’s
website for exact dates and times. ***