Terminal Capacity
Gate Adds Storage Ahead of Its Next Loading Jetty
IMWO original engineering diagram; source: Port of Rotterdam Authority
Gate's fourth LNG tank is commissioned. Its fourth jetty remains under construction for expected end-2028 service, leaving storage, gas send-out and vessel loading on different expansion schedules.
October brings a commissioned tank and a later berth
The Port of Rotterdam Authority reported on 5 October that Gate's fourth LNG tank, with 180,000 m3 of storage, had been completed and commissioned. It puts terminal capacity at 20 billion m3 per year. The authority is building a fourth jetty for small-scale loading and bunkering, expected to start by the end of 2028. Gate took the jetty investment decision in January [1-2].
Storage volume and loading capacity need separate calculations
The tank stores LNG as a liquid; the annual terminal figure concerns gas throughput; a loading berth serves vessel calls through a transfer system and an operating window. Vessel-loading capacity follows a berth-occupancy and transfer-cycle calculation. A marine-capacity assessment should begin with vessel size, parcel size, transfer rate, connection and disconnection time, and the usable hours after competing movements and weather constraints. Storage then supports that schedule by buffering arrivals and withdrawals.
Evidence conclusion
Test the vessel cycle against the complete transfer system
The marine contract names the Hakkers Waterbouw-De Klerk combination and covers a roughly 160 m jetty, a 200 m combi-wall, mooring structures and dredging [3]. For handover, those structures and access have to connect to loading equipment, utilities, controls and the agreed trials. The October commissioning provides a tank in service while the additional loading position follows its own construction programme. A capacity forecast should state the first usable vessel service and its operating limits, then identify which equipment releases and tests enable the full service range. Gate's expected end-2028 start-up is the planning date to test against that integrated sequence.
Outstanding evidence
- Jetty marine and terminal-system handover sequence
- Transfer-cycle assumptions for small-scale loading and bunkering
- Operating trials and actual first service
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Sources used 3
- Fourth LNG tank commissioned; fourth jetty construction and expected service date Port of Rotterdam Authority, 5 October 2026
- Jetty 4 final investment decision Gate Terminal B.V., 13 January 2026
- Yukonhaven Jetty 4 award: combination supplier and marine design-build scope TenderNed / Port of Rotterdam Authority, 11 February 2026; contract 6 February 2026