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TotalEnergies announced on Tuesday that it has decided to demobilize the FSRU in Le Havre.
In 2022, when Europe faced a major energy crisis due to a sharp decline in gas imports from Russia, France had to increase its imports of LNG to ensure its own energy security and contribute to that of Europe, TotalEnergies said.
To this end, and at the request of the authorities, TotalEnergies provided France, at its own expense and without any public subsidies, with an FSRU in the port of Le Havre, the company said.
This terminal acted as a “safety net, with its additional gas import capacity proving “potentially very useful in the event of significant consumption peaks caused by winter weather conditions or geopolitical tensions.”
“In doing so, TotalEnergies made a full contribution to the country’s energy sovereignty in a highly tense and uncertain context, the company said.
“Now that gas supply conditions in France and Europe have stabilized, the company notes that the floating LNG terminal in Le Havre is no longer necessary, as evidenced by its lack of use and as observed by the Rouen Administrative Court in its decision of October 16, 2025,” it said.
Le Havre FSRU
TotalEnergies LNG Services France (TELSF), a unit of TotalEnergies, announced on October, 2023, that the 2010-built Cape Ann had started delivering natural gas supplies to the grid.
The French energy giant charters this 283-meter-long FSRU from Hoegh Evi, which has a 50 percent stake in Cape Ann, and Japan’s MOL, which owns a 48.5 percent stake. In addition, Tokyo LNG Tanker holds a 1.5 percent share in the unit.
The 2022-built 174,000-cbm, Minerva Amorgos, delivered the first LNG shipment to Cape Ann on November 6, 2023, from Equinor’s Hammerfest LNG export plant in Norway.
After that, the 2023-built 174,000-cbm, Maran Gas Marseille, delivered the second shipment from Sempra Infrastructure’s Cameron LNG export plant in Louisiana, followed by three more cargoes from the US until January last year.
This is France’s first FSRU-based facility and the fifth LNG import terminal.
France hosts four onshore LNG terminals with a capacity of about 26.8 mtpa.
These are Elengy’s Fos Tonkin, Fos Cavaou, and Montoir-de-Bretagne LNG terminals, and also the Dunkirk LNG facility.
