Where is Gioia Tauro LNG Terminal?

Gioia Tauro LNG Terminal is an LNG import terminal in Apulia, Italy. It is made up of 1 tracked train or phase.

Is Gioia Tauro LNG Terminal operating?

Gioia Tauro LNG Terminal is proposed. Nothing here should be read as a forecast that it will be built.

How much LNG can Gioia Tauro LNG Terminal handle?

Gioia Tauro LNG Terminal has 8.82 Mtpa proposed. Capacity at different statuses is never added together.

Who owns Gioia Tauro LNG Terminal?

Gioia Tauro LNG Terminal is owned by LNG Medgas Terminal SRL. Shares are as recorded in the current tracker release.

Which maritime chokepoints do cargoes from Gioia Tauro LNG Terminal pass?

Cargoes from Gioia Tauro LNG Terminal would normally pass Strait of Gibraltar, Suez Canal, Bab el-Mandeb and Danish Straits. This is an editorial model of typical laden voyages by destination market, not vessel tracking, and any individual cargo may go another way.

What pipelines connect to Gioia Tauro LNG Terminal?

3 tracked gas pipelines pass within 25 km of Gioia Tauro LNG Terminal. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection; each match is listed with its distance.

Gioia Tauro LNG Terminal — import terminal, Apulia, Italy

At a glance

Country: Italy
State / province: Apulia
Region: Europe
Import / export: Import
Onshore / floating: Not reported
Status (rolled up): Proposed
Trains / phases tracked: 1
Earliest start year: Not reported
Latest start year: Not reported
Coordinates: 38.4669° N, 15.8990° E
GEM terminal ID: T100000130472
GEM wiki page: gem.wiki

Trains and phases

Each row is one unit as tracked by GEM. Ordered by start year, then proposal year.

Unit	Status	Capacity (Mtpa)	Capacity (bcm/y)	Start	Proposed	FID	Owner (as reported)
Not reported	Proposed	8.82	12	—	2005	Not reported	LNG Medgas Terminal SRL

Capacity by status

Status	Units	Mtpa	bcm/y
Proposed	1	8.82	12

Owners and operators

Stakes as reported by GEM per unit, merged across units. Percentages are omitted where GEM does not give them.

Owners

LNG Medgas Terminal SRL

Parent companies

Reported cost

Global Energy Monitor's estimated cost for each unit that reports one, converted to US dollars. Estimates at the date GEM last updated the unit, not adjusted for inflation.

Unit	Status	Capacity	Estimated cost	Per tonne a year
Not reported	Proposed	8.82 Mtpa	$1.09 billion1,000,000,000 EUR as reported	$124

A unit with no cost reported is not shown, and the figures are never added across statuses. How the estimates compare is on project costs.

Location

Gioia Tauro LNG Terminal at 38.4669° N, 15.8990° E, with 3 tracked gas pipelines passing within 25 km.

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Coordinates: 38.4669° N, 15.8990° E
Coordinate accuracy (GEM): approximate
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Nearest tracked terminals

Connected gas pipelines

Tracked pipelines whose route passes within 25 km of this terminal, or whose name matches it. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection.

Pipeline	Status	Length	Capacity	Distance	Matched by
Palmi–Messina Gas Pipeline	Operating	32 km	—	5.6 km	route proximity
MaidaSEufemia–Reggio Calabria Gas Pipeline	Operating	96 km	—	8.7 km	route proximity
Reggio Calabria–Messina Gas Pipeline	Operating	19 km	—	22.9 km	route proximity

Supplied via

Chokepoints that cargoes arriving at this terminal typically cross, based on where its region is supplied from.

Atlantic-basin supply from the United States crosses no chokepoint, which is why the European exposure figure is lower than it looks.

Routing is an editorial model of typical laden voyages, held in a hand-maintained lane table. It is not vessel tracking, and it does not account for diversions, canal draught limits, ice class or seasonal closures. See methodology, browse every chokepoint, or take the machine-readable exposure feed.

In the news

Recent headlines that name Gioia Tauro LNG Terminal. Matched by name, so it is approximate. Titles and links only; we store no article text.

See all tracked headlines.

Common questions

Generated from the same tracker fields as the tables above, so the two cannot disagree. Each answer stands on its own.

Where is Gioia Tauro LNG Terminal?: Gioia Tauro LNG Terminal is an LNG import terminal in Apulia, Italy. It is made up of 1 tracked train or phase.
Is Gioia Tauro LNG Terminal operating?: Gioia Tauro LNG Terminal is proposed. Nothing here should be read as a forecast that it will be built.
How much LNG can Gioia Tauro LNG Terminal handle?: Gioia Tauro LNG Terminal has 8.82 Mtpa proposed. Capacity at different statuses is never added together.
Who owns Gioia Tauro LNG Terminal?: Gioia Tauro LNG Terminal is owned by LNG Medgas Terminal SRL. Shares are as recorded in the current tracker release.
Which maritime chokepoints do cargoes from Gioia Tauro LNG Terminal pass?: Cargoes from Gioia Tauro LNG Terminal would normally pass Strait of Gibraltar, Suez Canal, Bab el-Mandeb and Danish Straits. This is an editorial model of typical laden voyages by destination market, not vessel tracking, and any individual cargo may go another way.
What pipelines connect to Gioia Tauro LNG Terminal?: 3 tracked gas pipelines pass within 25 km of Gioia Tauro LNG Terminal. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection; each match is listed with its distance.

Background on the technology and the terms used on this page.

FSRU versus onshore regasification
An FSRU is a ship that stores LNG and turns it back into gas while moored, doing the job of an onshore import terminal without the onshore construction.
What an import terminal actually does
An LNG import terminal receives cargo from a ship, stores it as a cryogenic liquid, pumps it to pipeline pressure and warms it back into gas for delivery into a grid.
Send-out, peak shaving and the grid connection
Send-out is the rate at which an import terminal delivers regasified LNG into a pipeline network, and it is the capacity figure that governs what the terminal can actually do.
Storage tanks, 9% nickel and high-manganese steel
An LNG storage tank holds liquid at close to atmospheric pressure in an inner shell of cryogenic alloy, surrounded by insulation and, in the full containment design, an outer concrete wall capable of containing the entire contents.

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Reference

LNG Atlas. (2026). Gioia Tauro LNG Terminal — import terminal, Apulia, Italy. https://lngatlas.org/terminal/gioia-tauro-lng-terminal-it/ Data: Global Gas Infrastructure Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, September 2025, CC BY 4.0.

BibTeX

BibTeX entry

@misc{lngatlasterminalgioiataurolngterminalit2026,
  author = {{LNG Atlas}},
  title = {Gioia Tauro LNG Terminal — import terminal, Apulia, Italy},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://lngatlas.org/terminal/gioia-tauro-lng-terminal-it/},
  note = {Data: Global Gas Infrastructure Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, September 2025, CC BY 4.0},
}