Gate terminal completed construction of 4th LNG tank at the port of Rotterdam

Moscow, October 1 – Neftegaz.RU. The construction of the fourth LNG storage tank at Gate terminal on the Maasvlakte in Rotterdam has been completed as scheduled.

As of 1 October, the new tank will be commissioned after a construction period of three years. With this expansion, Gate increases its storage and regasification capacity, strengthening the terminal's role in the energy supply and security of supply for the Netherlands and Northwest Europe.

The new tank has a storage capacity of 180,000 cubic meters of LNG. Partly as a response to the 2022 energy crisis, the decision was made to build an additional tank. The expansion adds 4 billion cubic meters of regasification capacity per year, bringing Gate’s total capacity to 20 billion cubic meters per year. By comparison, the total Dutch gas market has a volume of approximately 30 billion cubic meters per year.

Following a final investment decision (FID) in January 2026, the construction of Jetty 4 by the Port of Rotterdam is well underway. This jetty is expected to start small-scale ship loading and bunkering operations by the end of 2028. To facilitate further growth and the rising demand for cleaner marine fuels, Gate terminal also launched an unbinding ‘Expression of Interest’ on 31 August 2026, allowing market parties to show their interest in future loading capacity for the intended Jetty 5.

The project started in August, 2023. It was mentioned that the total investment amounts to approximately EUR 350 million.

About Gate terminal

Gate is a joint venture between Gasunie and Vopak.

N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie (Gasunie) and Koninklijke Vopak N.V. (Vopak) are initiators and partners of Gate terminal. Both companies have the expertise required to operate an LNG import terminal, with this first Dutch LNG import terminal on Maasvlakte in Rotterdam, forming a unique pooling of knowledge and experience.

The Gate terminal receives LNG by ship, stores it temporarily in liquid form, and then makes it suitable for delivery via the gas transmission network to users in the Netherlands and surrounding countries. The expansion increases the capacity to supply LNG from different parts of the world.