Wouldn’t having LNG tankers offload 8 miles from downtown Boston be safer than having them enter the inner-Harbor?
People have assumed that the proposed Outer Brewster LNG terminal would replace the existing Distrigas LNG terminal in Everett, Massachusetts. This is false. Competing companies would operate the two regasification plants and terminals, each striving for as much business as possible. LNG tankers currently enter the inner Harbor every six days to deliver LNG to Distrigas in Everett. The Outer Brewster facility is proposed as a second Boston Harbor facility, one that would receive deliveries twice a week throughout the year, bringing at least 100 additional LNG tankers into the Harbor annually.
