Original news was published on 31 August, 2016

The first liquefied natural gas filling station for heavy-duty cargo vehicles in Finland has opened at Helsinki’s Vuosaari Harbor.

The station is part of a country-wide strategy to switch to gas for road transportation, and it is expected to drive wider use of LNG as a fuel for breakbulk and project cargo operators.

“We find that opening an LNG filling station here where we have a major hub for truck traffic in Southern Finland is a perfectly natural move. We’re happy to be involved in efforts to enable new openings for environmentally sound technology,” said Jukka Kallio, director of Vuosaari Harbor.

The station has been developed by energy firm Gasum and will be followed by similar facilities at Turku in the third quarter of 2016, and Jyväskylä and Vantaa in 2017.

“The demand for environmentally friendly transport services is increasing. The growing supply of gas-fueled vehicles and the new filling stations will further improve the opportunities to switch to road fuel gases,”  said Jussi Vainikka, Business Development Manager at Gasum.

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