Germany to receive third Plaquemines LNG cargo

The 2021-built 174,000-cbm, Isabella, was on Tuesday anchored in the North Sea, offshore Wilhelmshaven and Brunsbüttel, where DET’s FSRU-based facilities are located, its AIS data provided by VesselsValue shows.

This LNG carrier, which is owned by Greece’s Maran Gas and chartered by Norway’s Equinor, left the Plaquemines LNG facility some two weeks ago.

Data by Niedersachsen Ports shows that Isabella is expected to dock at the FSRU-based LNG terminal in Wilhelmshaven on Tuesday and depart two days after it unloads the shipment.

The 170,000-cbm FSRU Hoegh Esperanza, owned by Norway’s Hoegh Evi and chartered by the German government, serves DET’s first Wilhelmshaven facility.

Earlier this month, this FSRU welcomed the first commissioning LNG cargo from Venture Global’s Plaquemines plant onboard Venture Global’s 174,000-cbm newbuild carrier, Venture Bayou.

Germany’s EnBW bought this LNG cargo from Venture Global.

Venture Global said this shipment marked over 60 LNG cargoes sent from the company into Germany since 2022.

The second commissioning LNG cargo from the Plaquemines plant was recently delivered onboard Venture Global’s 174,000-cbm newbuild carrier, Venture Gator, to Brunsbüttel, the home of the 170,000-cbm FSRU Hoegh Gannet.

More Plaquemines LNG shipments

Besides these shipments, Venture Global sent Plaquemines LNG cargoes onboard LNG carriers Flex Rainbow, Umm Ghuwailina, and BW Lilac, their AIS data shows.

The data shows that all of these vessels appear to be heading to Europe, including France and the Netherlands.

In addition, the LNG carrier Diamond Gas Metropolis was docked at the Plaquemines LNG facility on Tuesday.

Plaquemines LNG is the eighth US LNG export facility.

Venture Global said in its recent IPO statement it is targeting a COD (commercial operations date) for the Plaquemines project in the third quarter of 2026 for Phase 1 and the second quarter of 2027 for Phase 2.

The full project, including the second stage, will have a capacity of 20 mtpa coming from 36 modular units, configured in 18 blocks.

Each train has a capacity of 0.626 mtpa.