Germany banned tankers with russian gas to enter their ports

The German Ministry of economy ordered state import terminals to abandon the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from russia.

The ministry said the order was issued to protect the country’s “overriding public interests”, calling on the operator “to reject LNG deliveries from russia until further notice”.

In its letter, the German ministry said that were it to allow this shipment to go ahead, the LNG terminal would defy the very reason it was set up in the first place — making Germany and the EU as a whole “independent of russian gas”.

But while the US and the UK have banned russian LNG, the EU has continued to import the fuel in particular with 20 per cent of the fuel sourced in russia. This applies to countries such as: France, Spain, and Belgium.

However, these deliveries are made under long-term contracts, and companies cannot stop them without a complete ban.

Source: Financial Times