LNG pier

A LNG (liquefied natural gas) pier is a specialized kind of working pier designed for the loading and offloading of liquefied natural gas to/from ships and shore based tanks.
A LNG pier could accommodate LNG carriers of a range of sizes. They may be capable of handling LNG tankers of 70,000 to 217,000 cubic metres (m3) cargo capacity (QFlex); or tankers of 125,000 to 266,000 m3 cargo capacity (QMax). The pier would have at least two insulated lines, one for loading and/or unloading LNG and one for vapor supply or recovery as the vapor space above the LNG changes as the cargo is transferred. Ship-based or shore-based cryogenic pumps are used to transfer the LNG to/from the LNG storage tanks on shore.
Some of these piers are very long, up to , in order to reach to the depth of water required to accommodate LNG tanker traffic.