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Germany seizes Russian LNG tankers… details
Shipping operator Dynagas LNG says authorities have taken over chartering the vessels.
Germany has taken control of three LNG tankers owned by Russian energy giant Gazprom, Britain’s Telegraph newspaper reported on Thursday, citing shipping operator Dynagas LNG.
Gazprom has not confirmed the seizure at the time of writing this article.
According to the report, the firm said the German government had seized the charter of its three LNG tankers, which were previously tied to Gazprom’s German subsidiary, Gazprom Germania.
Two of the three ships, the Amur River and the Ob River, were previously chartered to Gazprom Germania until 2028. The contract for the third tanker, Clean Energy, ran until 2026. All three are now effectively under the control of the federal government for “an indefinite time said Dynagas from Monaco.
Gazprom Germania, which used to operate some of Germany’s largest natural gas storage facilities, was taken over by Berlin a few weeks ago in the wake of Ukraine’s sanctions against Russia. In response, Gazprom halted gas supplies to the company, causing liquidity problems and jeopardizing the work of key gas retailers in Germany and the UK that work with the entity.
The German energy regulator stepped in and took over the company to protect it from bankruptcy and renamed it Securing Energy for Europe. In mid-June, it was reported that Berlin would give the company a €10 billion loan to keep it afloat.
