“We are expecting the Excelsior to arrive in Wilhelmshaven until the end of Q1,” a DET spokesman told LNG Prime.
The DET spokesman did not provide any details regarding the expected commissioning schedule of the unit in Wilhelmshaven.
DET’s second terminal in Wilhelmshaven will have a capacity of about 4 bcm per year and features a new jetty which was completed last year.
In 2023, Excelerate’s FSRU Excelsior arrived at the Navantia yard in El Ferrol, Spain for a planned stopover before its job in Wilhelmshaven.
According to its AIS data, the FSRU is still located there.
DET, which currently operates the Brunsbüttel and Wilhelmshaven 1 FSRU-based terminals, postponed the launch of its Wilhelmshaven 02 and Stade facilities several times.
The LNG terminal operator’s previous statement sent to LNG Prime said that it “anticipates commencing operations at the earliest possible opportunity within the first quarter.”
Asked about the Stade FSRU-based facility, the spokesman said DET “cannot provide information concerning a date of commissioning for the Stade terminal now.”
DET’s third LNG import facility in Stade features the 174,000-cbm FSRU Energos Force.
In March last year, the 2021-built FSRU, owned by Apollo’s Energos Infrastructure, arrived at the AVG jetty in Stade.
The unit is currently located offshore Wilhelmshave due to planned maintenance and dredging work on the jetty for liquefied gases (AVG) in the port of Stade-Bützfleth.
Once operational, the almost 300-meter-long ship will feed up to 5 bcm of gas per year into the German gas network.
