DET moves Stade FSRU due to dredging work

State-owned German LNG terminal operator DET has temporarily relocated the 174,000-cbm FSRU Energos Force from the AVG jetty in Stade due to dredging work in the area.

From August 7, Niedersachsen Ports will carry out planned dredging work at the jetty for liquefied gases (AVG) in the port of Stade-Bützfleth, according to a statement by DET.

As a result, Energos Force will cast off and temporarily take up a waiting position on the Outer Elbe, DET said.

After the work has been completed, the vessel will return to its berth at the Elbe port and will be further prepared for commissioning, which is planned for the second half of the year, DET said.

“These measures are repeated routinely in the port, because berths in the port must have a certain depth so that ships do not touch the bottom and remain mobile even at low tide. The depth of the troughs is based on the size of the ships using the berth,” DET noted.

In March, the 2021-built FSRU, owned by Apollo’s Energos Infrastructure, arrived at the AVG jetty in Stade.

The FSRU is ready for commissioning, but “there is still remaining work to be done and documentation to be drawn up, which we need for safe operation,” DET told LNG Prime in June.

Once operational, the almost 300 meters long ship will feed up to 5 bcm of gas per year into the German gas network.

Four FSRU terminals

This is the third of DET’s four FSRU-based LNG terminals following the launch of the Brunsbüttel and Wilhelmshaven 1 terminals.

DET previously said it expects commissioning to start at the its second terminal in Wilhelmshaven during the second half of this year.

The company also announced on Wednesday it has received in total of 100 LNG cargoes at its two FSRU-based LNG terminals in Wilhelmshaven and Brunsbüttel since January 2023.

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