As Hungary is reluctant to introduce a European ban on Russian LNG, Brussels is looking for other ways to make it difficult for ships from Russia to enter. “It’s almost bullying,” says Mark Beekhuis, BNR’s energy reporter.
The import of LNG from Russia is not very large. But his purchase has increased by thirty percent in the last year. Several European countries don’t like it.
“You could then say: let’s agree on a ban on Russian LNG,” says energy journalist Beekhuis. “But Hungary doesn’t want to participate. And there we need unanimity within the European Union”.
So the EU started looking for other mechanisms to limit the import of LNG from Russia. “The EU now calls it a safety clause,” says Beekhuis. ‘The bottom line is that they may make it more difficult for Russian ships that want to bring LNG to European ports to land here. It’s almost bullying.’
No seats on the pier
It works like this: if you go to a port with a ship, you normally call a few days in advance and the facilities are set up. “According to the agreements that have now been made, countries can ban Russian vessels from reserving such port facilities,” Beekhuis says.
This makes it less easy for Russian ships to find berths in European ports. In short, no new sanctions for Russia. One way to make it more difficult for Russian LNG to be exported to Europe.
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Source: BNR
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