Snam’s regasification ship is in Piombino. Giani: “He represents self-sufficiency from Russia”

There Snam’s Golar Tundra regasification vessel has finally arrived in the port of Piombino (Livorno) after 26 days of navigation from Singapore via Suez and entered around 11pm on Sunday. She is on the dock of the north dock, pulled by four tugboats. A night operation, when ferry traffic stops until dawn after the last run, to manage an exceptional ship: it is almost 300 meters long, 55 meters high and has a potential capacity to transform liquid natural gas into 5 billion of cubic meters per year

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The arrival of the regasifier ship in Piombino – like the other one planned for Ravenna – will free Italy from a significant share of methane import dependence on transnational land pipelines, from Russia and also from Azerbaijan. Managers will be able to address the market of other continents e address geopolitical turmoil which can affect the transport of gas only by land. Between Piombino and Ravenna there is talk of a total transformation capacity of 13 billion cubic meters per year. According to forecasts, for the Golar Tundra to become operational it will be necessary to wait for May, when the connections with the new land pipeline will be completed at the Snam shipyard, on the opposite side of the commercial port.

The president of Tuscany, Eugenio Giani, Sunday evening at the port underlined the importance of this stage in the context of national energy policies and relaunched the issue of compensations for Piombino, the second Italian iron and steel pole, a city that expressed dissent for having been chosen . “This ship allows you to think about more limited bills, it allows companies to be able to look to the future with more hope”, underlined the governor. “Do people think they have a hand grenade near their home? If the ship is here and I’m here it’s because I don’t think there’s any danger.” On the differences with the municipality of Piombino and the mayor Francesco Ferrari, in addition to the inhabitants’ committees, Giani said that since “there is now the ship, we will realize that we must finally work towards the benefits for the population”. Giani “invited the Piombino authorities above all to sit down with me, with the minister and the government authorities to be able to indicate the complementary works” to compensate for Piombino, but on when he will see the mayor he said: “He will look for me”.