According to its AIS data, the 277-meter-long FSRU arrived at the island jetty, completed last year and located about 1.5 km from the shore, on Monday.
LNG Prime invited state-owned LNG import terminal operator DET to comment on the chartered unit’s arrival.
In a statement later on Monday, DET confirmed the unit’s arrival in the Jade Stream near Wilhelmshaven.
“In the coming weeks, the floating regasification vessel will be connected to the long-distance gas grid and prepared for commissioning under strict safety requirements,” DET said.
Last week, Excelsior, which is on a five-year charter, arrived offshore Wilhemshaven from Rotterdam.
Before that, the vessel spent a long time in Navantia’s yard in El Ferrol, Spain, due to delays with the launch of the second Wilhelmshaven terminal.
DET’s second terminal in Wilhelmshaven will have a capacity of about 4 bcm per year.
The company currently operates the Brunsbüttel and Wilhelmshaven 1 FSRU-based terminals.
DET is also working on the Stade FSRU-based terminal.
The company recently terminated the contract related to the Stade FSRU-based facility with compatriot Hanseatic Energy Hub, the developer of the onshore LNG terminal in Stade.
Image: DIN21/DET
First Wilhelmshaven FSRU receives LNG cargo
Germany’s first FSRU-based import facility in Wilhelmshaven features the 170,000-cbm FSRU Hoegh Esperanza, owned by Norway’s Hoegh Evi and chartered by the German government.
Due to scheduled maintenance work, the FSRU left the jetty at the Voslapper Groden transshipment facility on April 22.
However, the unit returned to the jetty and it has already received LNG cargo.
On Monday, the 174,000-cbm Lech Kaczynski, owned by Knutsen and chartered by Poland’s Orlen, was located at the FSRU.
The AIS data provided by VesselsValue shows that the vessel brought LNG cargo from Venture Global LNG’s Plaquemines LNG terminal in Louisiana.
(This article was updated with a DET statement.)