“In our continuous effort to enable increased LNG supply into Europe, Fluxys LNG is happy to announce it will be offering 12 additional primary slots to unload, store, and regasify LNG cargoes in the Zeebrugge LNG terminal in 2026,” Fluxys LNG, a unit of Fluxys, said on Thursday.
The delivery windows are April 22, June 13, June 29, July 9, July 17, July 27, August 9, August 30, September 6, September 9, November 8, and December 24.
Fluxys LNG plans to publish further information on the upcoming auctions on its website “soon.”
In addition to these slots, Fluxys LNG will organize the sale of recondenser liquefaction long-term capacity for 2026 on December 9, 2025, following the modification of the biomethane liquefaction services at the Zeebrugge LNG terminal.
The offered capacity is 64,800 MWh/quarter (HHV).
Fluxys LNG noted that bids for a lower capacity will be accepted, but not for a shorter period than one year.
Second jetty validated for Q-Max vessels
Fluxys also announced in a separate social media post that the second jetty at its Zeebrugge LNG terminal has been validated to accept Q-Max vessels, the largest type of LNG carriers in the world.
In August, the first Q-Max tanker performed a head-in mooring at the second jetty, confirming the new operational possibilities now available on both jetties.
This is a “major” step forward, expanding the Zeebrugge LNG terminal’s operational range and versatility, Fluxys said.
“Until now, Q-Max vessels could only dock at Jetty 1 due to limited clearance at Jetty 2,” explains Viktor De Waele, loading master at the Zeebrugge LNG terminal.
“In close collaboration with the Flemish Department of Mobility and Public Works, Flanders Hydraulics – Waterbouwkundig Laboratorium in Antwerp, as well as pilots, tug services, and the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, we conducted a comprehensive study involving numerous simulations. The results confirmed that safe mooring is possible — as long as the vessel docks bow-first, with the front of the ship pointing north,” De Waele said.
In August 2024, Fluxys LNG received the 3000th cargo of LNG at its import facility in the port of Zeebrugge.
In operation since 1987, the Zeebrugge LNG terminal mostly receives shipments from Qatar, the US, and Russia.
Due to high demand for LNG, Fluxys is expanding the facility, and it has already increased the terminal’s capacity by adding three new open rack vaporizers.
The capacity has been increased since January 1 last year to 11.3 mtpa (15 bcma).
“The additional sendout capacity (1.3 mtpa / 2 bcma) is scheduled to be available on January 1, 2026,” Fluxys said previously.
