Wärtsilä secures contract to supply LNG receiving terminal to Finland

Technology services company Wärtsilä has secured a turnkey contract to supply a liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal set to be built in Hamina, Finland, to Hamina LNG.

Hamina LNG is a joint venture between Finland’s Hamina Energia and Estonia’s Alexela Varahalduse, which intends to operate an LNG import terminal in the Port of Hamina and connect it to the Finnish gas grid, offering the security of supply to customers.

Under the contract, Wärtsilä will undertake site filling, soil refurbishment, civil works, infrastructure and a full containment storage tank with a combined net volume of 30,000m³.

In addition, the company is expected to take up regasification and gas metering, boil-off gas handling system, electrical and control system, unloading and loading system, as well as bunkering and truck loading.

Hamina LNG CEO Peter van Buuren said: “We wanted to create a terminal infrastructure, which would provide bunkering for vessels, as well as diversify the country’s sources of gas supply. Wärtsilä’s technology fits our need, and they have the best local knowledge and experience as an EPC provider in harsh weather conditions.”

The terminal is expected to become operational in August 2020 and will enable the delivery of LNG to major harbours in Finland using trucks.

Wärtsilä Energy Solutions senior business development manager Timo Mahlanen said: “The Hamina project is part of Finland’s plans to create a network of medium-scale LNG terminals, with the aim of offering gas supply to the local industry and LNG for ship bunkering and ensuring an additional source of gas for Finland.

“At the same time, the LNG infrastructure will increase the security of supply in Finland with gas grid connection.”