Rotterdam LNG throughput up in January-September

The port, home to Gasunie’s and Vopak’s Gate LNG import terminal, said that total LNG throughput reached 9.6 million mt in the nine-month period.

This compares to 8.4 million mt in the same period last year

The port reported a throughput of 6.5 million mt in the first half of this year, a rise of 9 percent compared to 6 million mt in the first half of 2024.

This means that LNG throughput reached 3.1 million mt in the third quarter, up from 2.4 millon mt in the same quarter in 2024.

Incoming LNG volumes increased 14.9 percent in January-September 2025 to 9.2 million mt, while outgoing volumes rose 15.5 percent to 0.4 million mt, according to the Rotterdam port’s report.

The port said that LNG throughput increased by 14.9 percent as gas stocks in Europe continued to be replenished.

In 2024, LNG throughput reached 11.3 million mt, down 5.3 percent compared to 11.9 million mt in 2023.

Europe’s largest bunkering port previously reported LNG bunkering volumes of 270,254 cubic meters in the third quarter of this year.

This marked a new quarterly record for the Rotterdam port, overtaking the previous record of 265,043 cbm in the first quarter of this year.

During the January-September period of this year, Rotterdam LNG bunkering volumes reached 735,959 cbm.

The volumes rose 8.5 percent from 678,298 cbm in the nine-month period last year.