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From October 6 to 10, 2025, scheduled maintenance and repair work will take place at the Wilhelmshaven 1 terminal, according to a DET statement.
In addition to long-planned measures, minor repairs that can only be carried out during a shutdown will also be performed during this period, the state-owned firm said.
“The work is deliberately scheduled at the beginning of autumn to ensure smooth operations throughout the winter,” Dirk Lindgens, head of communications at DET, said.
During maintenance, the FSRU Hoegh Esperanza will remain at berth.
The 170,000-cbm FSRU serves a ten-year charter Hoegh Evi, previously known as Hoegh LNG, and the German government signed in 2022.
DET said neither shipping traffic nor terminal safety will be affected.
“These measures are part of the terminal’s regular maintenance program and are intended to ensure the long-term reliability of the entire facility,” the company said.
Besides this unit, the 170,000-cbm FSRU Hoegh Gannet, which serves the Elbehafen LNG import terminal in Germany’s Brunsbüttel, is currently located at the Danish Fayard shipyard.
This FSRU is expected to resume operations in the middle of November.
DET will later this month hold a short-term capacity auction for this FSRU-based facility in Brunsbüttel.
In August, DET also launched commercial operations at its second FSRU-based terminal in Wilhelmshaven.
In May, the 2024-built 174,000-cbm Energy Endurance delivered the commissioning cargo to Excelerate’s 138,000-cbm FSRU Excelsior in Wilhelmshaven from Venture Global LNG’s Plaquemines LNG export plant in Louisiana.
The chartered FSRU is located two kilometers south of the Wilhelmshaven 1 terminal.
It is moored at an island jetty, completed last year, and located about 1.5 km from the shore.