Rotterdam LNG throughput climbs 9 percent

The port, home to Gasunie’s and Vopak’s Gate LNG import terminal, said that total LNG throughput reached 6 million mt in the January-June period.

This compares to 6 million mt in the first half of 2024.

The port reported a throughput of 3.2 million mt in the first quarter, a rise of 1.7 percent year-on-year.

Incoming LNG volumes increased 9.1 percent in the first half to 6.2 million mt, while outgoing volumes rose 6.8 percent to 0.3 million mt, according to the Rotterdam port’s report.

The port said that LNG throughput increased by 9 percent as gas stocks in Europe continued to be replenished during the summer.

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 465,705 cubic meters in the first half of this year.

This marks a rise of 1.64 percent compared to 458,178 cbm in the first half of last year.

The port reported that 265,043 cbm of LNG were bunkered in the first quarter.

This is the highest quarterly number for LNG bunkering volumes, surpassing a previous record of 263,068 cbm recorded in the fourth quarter of last year.

The new record helped boost first-half LNG bunkering volumes as second-quarter LNG bunkering volumes decreased to 200,662 cbm compared to 242,931 cbm in the second quarter of 2024.