Germany’s third FSRU arrives at new Brunsbuttel Elbehafen LNG terminal

A third floating storage and regasification unit has arrived in Germany with a first import cargo en route from the Middle East.

Eikland Energy’s iGIS/LNG shows the 170,00-cbm FSRU Hoegh Gannet (built 2018) berthed at the new Elbehafen LNG terminal in Brunsbuttel near Hamburg.

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The vessel is understood to be loaded with around 40,000-cbm of LNG which it took on in Spain.

The terminal project has been developed by RWE and will be operated by Deutsche Energy Terminal.

In 2022 RWE signed an agreement with Abu Dhabi state energy giant on a first cargo for the Brunsbuttel facility.

Industry eyes are watching the 137,315-cbm LNG carrier Ish (built 1995) which is currently in the Mediterranean carrying a cargo loaded at Abu Dhabi's Das Island export facility and is reported to be heading to the new German facility.

Adnoc and RWE have also agreed a multi-year deal on LNG supply with the first cargoes due in 2023.

On Thursday Hoegh LNG Holdings said it had signed a 10-year time charter on its FSRU Hoegh Gannet (built 2018) with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action for the project.

This terminal is the third new FSRU-based LNG import terminal to be brought on stream in Germany in the last two months.

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The 170,000-cbm Hoegh Esperanza (built 2018) berthed in Wilhelmshaven on 15 December and is delivering gas to the grid.

Germany’s second FSRU-based terminal TotalEnergies and Deutsche ReGas’ private Deutsche Ostsee LNG import project at Lubmin was officially opened on 14 January.

This is using the TotalEnergies-chartered, 145,130-cbm Hoegh-controlled FSRU Neptune (built 2009).

The country expects to put three more LNG import terminals into operation using FSRUs in Wilhelmshaven, Stade and Lubmin.