The 174,000-cbm FSRU Energos Force has returned to the AVG jetty in Stade following the completion of dredging work in the area, according to state-owned German LNG terminal operator DET.
From August 7, Niedersachsen Ports carried out planned dredging work at the jetty for liquefied gases (AVG) in the port of Stade-Bützfleth.
As a result, DET moved Energos Force to a waiting position on the Outer Elbe.
DET said in a statement that the vessel returned to its berth at the Elbe port on August 15.
The FSRU will be further prepared for commissioning, which is planned for the second half of the year, DET said.
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.
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 recently also announced it has received in total of 100 LNG cargoes at its two FSRU-based LNG terminals in Wilhelmshaven and Brunsbüttel since January 2023.