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From April 18 to 24, 2026, routine maintenance and repair work will take place at the LNG Terminal Wilhelmshaven 2, DET said in a statement issued on Sunday.
For this purpose, the FSRU Excelsior will be relocated offshore for a few days in order to carry out the planned work, the state-owned company noted.
At the same time, the port company Niedersachsen Ports will conduct dredging operations in the berthing basin to ensure the required water depth at the jetty.
These measures are part of the terminal’s regular maintenance and are intended to ensure the long-term reliability of the entire facility for security of supply, DET said.
In August 2025, DET launched commercial operations at its second FSRU-based terminal in Wilhelmshaven.
Excelerate’s 138,000-cbm FSRU Excelsior is located two kilometers south of the Wilhelmshaven 1 terminal.
It is moored at an island jetty and located about 1.5 km from the shore.
From April 7 to 11, 2026, DET also moved the first Wilhelmshaven FSRU offshore for scheduled maintenance and repair work.
The 170,000-cbm FSRU Hoegh Esperanza serves a ten-year charter with the German goverment.
Brunsbuttel FSRU
In its latest marketing round on April 14, DET completed the auction of short-term regasification capacities at its Brunsbuttel FSRU-based terminal, according to a separate statement by DET.
The offered capacities for LNG storage, regasification, and sendout to the grid for the period from June 1 to August 31 2026 were marketed at an average price of 0.20 euros per ($0.24 cents) per MMBtu.
DET said the remaining capacity for the year will be offered at a later stage.
The 170,000-cbm FSRU Hoegh Gannet serves the Elbehafen LNG import terminal in Brunsbuttel.
DET has set a new record with its regasified volumes in the first quarter of this year.
Its three chartered FSRUs delivered more than 25 terawatt-hours (TWh) of natural gas into the German grid during the period.
This is a 2.5-fold increase compared to the previous year’s figure (10 TWh; Q1 2025) and corresponds to around 10 percent of Germany’s total natural gas storage capacity, according to DET.
In addition to these state-owned FSRU-based facilities, private player Deutche ReGas operates the Mukran FSRU-based facility.