Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb.1
By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
The municipality of Sweden’s Karlshamn gave green light to the storage of pipes for Russian-initiated Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.
It was decided to sign an agreement with the Dutch company Wasco Coatings Europe BV on the storage of pipes for Nord Stream 2 in Karlshamn harbor, according to the official website of Karlshamn municipality.
The deal means that the port can recruit around 30 full-time employees during the period of the project’s implementation.
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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