Baku, Azerbaijan, May 4
By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
Sweden’s Karlshamn port is expected to receive first pipes for construction of Russian-initiated Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in October 2017, Mats Olsson, CEO at the Port of Karlshamn, told Trend May 4.
“No pipes have been delivered yet. We expect deliveries to start in October. We are now preparing the storage ground,” he said.
Olsson recalled that a contract was signed in February with Wasco Coatings Germany GmbH for the storage of pipes for Nord Stream 2 in Karlshamn harbor.
The municipality of Sweden’s Karlshamn gave green light to the storage of pipes for Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in February 2017.
Earlier, in December 2016, Sweden's strategic Baltic Sea island of Gotland turned down a Russian request to rent harbor space after the government warned it could harm the Scandinavian country's defense and political interests.
In an 11-0 vote, Gotland's technical board declined Dec.15 to allow Russia's energy giant Gazprom to store pipes in the Slite harbor for Nord Stream 2.
The Nord Stream 2 project envisages construction of two pipelines from Russia to Germany across the Baltic Sea. The project plans to use the original Nord Stream pipeline for 86-percent of the route before branching off. The capacity of the Nord Stream 2 will reach 55 billion cubic meters - the same as the capacity of the Nord Stream project.
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