Finland Secures French LNG Licence
Finnish utility Gasum has obtained a distribution licence for LNG in France, it said March 9. It is a part of its expansion into maritime and inland waterborne LNG, as it wants to improve the services it offers shipping customers.
Gasum said the licence "marks another milestone in our quest to increase the outreach of our maritime LNG deliveries. It underlines Gasum’s commitment to act as a reliable European maritime LNG supplier.”
Compared with heavy fuel oil, LNG has significantly lower CO2 emissions, and almost non-existent particle emissions. Switching to LNG is one of the concrete actions that will take us towards cleaner maritime transport and a low-carbon society going forward, it said. There are also commercial advantages, if gas remains discounted to oil.