The impressive Q-Max stops for the first time in Montoir-de-Bretagne, on October 6, 2020. -
Franck Badaire
With its 345 m long, it is taller than the Eiffel Tower.
The Q-Max
Al Mayeda
, the largest LNG carrier in the world, made a stopover for the first time on Monday at the Montoir-de-Bretagne LNG terminal in the Loire estuary.
This exceptional boat from Qatar (hence the name Q-Max) can carry 267,000 m3 of liquefied natural gas (LNG), ten times the annual residential consumption of the Nantes metropolis.
He left on Tuesday evening, announces Elengy, a subsidiary of Engie.
Tomorrow morning!
A first !
🏅
Ascent of the LNG carrier AL MAYEDA (346 m long) 😳
+ large 🌍
With three of our pilots (Ludovic our vice president, Yannick our simulator instructor, Vincent our major pilot.
See our training on a simulator 👍🏻 pic.twitter .com / GNagq1n9yT
- Loirepilots (@loirepilot) October 4, 2020
Located in the port of Nantes-Saint-Nazaire, the Elengy LNG terminal (125 employees) has been modernized in recent years in order to accommodate this type of very large capacity vessel.
It is one of the main entry points for the European gas market.
Other Q-Max are expected in Montoir-de-Bretagne in the coming months.
No less than 130 LNG carrier calls were recorded last year, a record.
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