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The first liquefied natural gas (LNG) gas tanker chartered by Polish state energy firm Orlen has arrived in Poland to complete its first delivery of 70,000 tons of LNG from the United States – enough to cover the average weekly natural gas consumption of all households. ship, named Lech Kaczyński after the late president and identical twin brother of Poland's current ruling party chairman, is the first of eight such vessels ordered by Orlen as part of efforts to diversify away from Russian energy supplies. It arrived terminal – also at the LNG named after Lech Kaczyński – in Świnoujście on Poland's northern Baltic coast, which last year received a record number of deliveries.
The Świnoujście terminal, construction of which was initiated by the late president Lech Kaczyński, is a cornerstone of the strategy to diversify natural gas supplies to Poland,” said Orlen’s CEO Daniel Obajtek. “This is of particular importance, especially ongoing at a time energy Phone Number List crisis and war across our eastern border,” he added. “[Having ] our own fleet gives us great flexibility of operation.” Because three of the main US supplies of LNG required buyers to organize transport themselves, Polish state gas firm PGNiG – which was later acquired by Orlen – decided to order its own gas tankers for charter rather than use the services of other companies for delivery. According to industry news service WNP, this proved a wise decision in the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, when Russian gas mostly stopped flowing to Europe and growing demand for LNG increased transport costs.
Bank's economists note that if the product weights in the inflation basket surveyed by the GUS had been adjusted in line with market inflation expectations, the February would have been close to 19.5%, just under the 20% that has long been forecast as the possible peak of the inflation. Bartosz Sawicki, an analyst at currency exchange platform Cinkciarz, agrees with mBank that inflation is now set to slow down. catering services and beauty services while the sample of services such as furniture repair and sports equipment has been reduced. mBank's note that if the product weights in the inflation basket surveyed by the GUS had been adjusted in line with market inflation expectations, the February would have been close to 19.5%, just under the 20% that has long been forecast as the possible peak of the inflation. Bartosz Sawicki,an analyst at currency exchange platform Cinkciarz, agrees with mBank that inflation is now set to slow down. Bartosz Sawicki, an analyst at currency exchange platform Cinkciarz, agrees with mBank that inflation is now set to slow down.
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