Controversial regasification ship arrives in Piombino

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 20 - The Golar Tundra regasification ship docked in the Tuscan port of Piombino late on Sunday after a 26-day trip from Singapore via the Suez Canal.
    Italian energy infrastructure company SNAM has brought in the ship as part of the effort to wean the country off its reliance on Russian gas following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
    It will make it possible to boost imports of liquefied natural gas instead of gas coming through pipelines from Russia.
    But the arrival of the 300-metres-long, 55-metres-high vessel has met local resistance led by Piombino Mayor Francesco Ferrari.
    The Golar Tundra, which will not be operative for months, has the capacity to transform around five billion cubic metres of gas a year.
    Another facility set to be stationed at Ravenna will have the capacity to transform around 13 billion cubic metes a year.
    (ANSA).