The South Korean Hyundai Heavy Industries held a steel-cutting ceremony for a floating LNG storage and regasification unit (FSRU) with equipment for the future terminal of liquefied natural gas in Klaipeda, RusEnergy reports. The vessel was ordered by Norwegian Hoegh LNG.
The FSRU delivery is scheduled for the second half of 2014. The shipbuilder will continue steel-cutting and equipment fabrication until March 2013.
The vessel will be handed over to Lithuanian company Klaipedos nafta under a time-charter agreement with Hoegh LNG. The ship will be chartered for 10 year at $189,000 a day ($689m). After the charter period the Lithuanian company may buy out the FSRU and operate her for another 30 years.
About Höegh LNG
Höegh LNG is a fully integrated floating LNG services company with almost 40 years experience, offering long-term floating production, transportation, regasification and terminal solutions for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) market. The company operates a fleet of five LNG carriers and two floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs). In addition to transporting LNG, the FSRUs act as floating LNG import terminals delivering natural gas to the market. Höegh LNG has three FSRUs on order at Hyundai Heavy Industries. The company holds a significant project development portfolio for floating regasification as well as floating LNG production (FLNG). Headquartered in Oslo, Norway, Höegh LNG has established presence in Singapore, London and Florida. In total the Company employs about 70 office staff and about 350 sea farers.
About Klaipėdos Nafta
Klaipėdos Nafta is an operator of the Klaipėda Oil Terminal based in Klaipėda, Lithuania. The company was founded in 1994. In addition to the operationship of the Klaipėda Oil Terminal, the company participates in the Odessa–Brody–Płock pipeline project and develops Lithuanian LNG terminal.
