“In the fourth quarter of 2025, we took FID on a project to further expand gas infrastructure at the Gate terminal in the Netherlands with an additional jetty to strengthen its market leadership in LNG bunkering in Rotterdam,” Vopak said in its results report on Wednesday.
Vopak said that the planned start-up date is at the end of 2028.
The total investment will reach 88 million euros ($104 million), of which Vopak share of 44 million euros, is underpinned by long-term customer commitments, the company said.
Gate also announced the FID in a short statement posted on its website on January 13, 2026.
In March 2024, Gate tested the market’s interest in small-scale LNG ship loading services at the planned fourth jetty via a non-binding call.
The LNG terminal, owned by Gasunie and Vopak, currently has two large LNG jetties and one dedicated small-scale jetty.
Fourth LNG tank
In August 2023, Gasunie and Vopak also took FID to build the fourth storage tank and add more regasification capacity at the Gate LNG terminal.
The expansion, which costs approximately 350 million euros, consists of a new LNG storage tank of 180,000 cubic meters and additional regasification capacity of 4 Bcm per year.
UK-based energy giant BP and a unit of PetroChina have previously agreed to book long-term capacity at the Gate LNG import terminal.
They will each acquire 2 Bcm per year of regasification and also corresponding storage capacity for a period of 20 years.
In its results report, Vopak also provided an update on the construction of the fourth Gate tank.
“Good progress has been made on the construction of the 4th tank at Gate terminal with
80 percent of total construction completed,” it said.
“The project is on track to be commissioned within budget and on-time at the end of the third quarter of 2026,” Vopak said.
