Italy’s floating storage and regasification unit off Livorno has resumed commercial operations with a first import cargo after off-site maintenance.
Vessel owner and manager OLT Offshore Toscana said the FSRU Toscana terminal received a first LNG cargo on 25 November.
The company supplied a shot of BP’s 173,644-cbm British Contributor (built 2018), which was carrying a cargo of US LNG, at the terminal.
OLT said regasification capacity at the 5bn cbm per year facility, which originally started work off Italy in December 2013, is currently allocated at 100% until the gas year 2026/2027.
The FSRU Toscana spent five months off site this year undergoing maintenance work in Genoa, before moving to the Chantier Naval of San Giorgio del Porto in Marseille for work on the bearings of its anchoring system, which ensures the rotation of the FSRU around its geostationary turret that is permanently anchored to the seabed.
It arrived back under tow at its mooring location around 22 km off the coast between Livorno and Pisa at the beginning of October and has since undergone cooldown and gassing-up.
OLT Offshore LNG Toscana is controlled by Snam and Igneo Infrastructure Partners.
