From October 11 to 24, 2025, two scheduled maintenance operations will take place at the Wilhelmshaven 2 LNG terminal, according to a DET statement.
To this end, the 138,000-cbm FSRU Excelsior will leave its berth and initially dock at the Jade-Weser Port for loading work, state-owned DET said.
In the next step, the vessel will proceed to the roadstead.
During this period, in addition to some maintenance work, regular dredging work will also be carried out on the island pier and in the area of the FSRU’s berthing basin.
DET noted that the aim is to maintain the prescribed water depth required for operation and to complete important maintenance work before the upcoming winter season.
“For technical reasons, a flare will be used during the mooring and unmooring of the FSRU at the terminal’s land-side facilities, and its flame will be visible for a short time,” the company said.
“However, this does not pose any danger; rather, it is a routine procedure to relieve pressure in the piping system after disconnecting the FSRU from the terminal and reconnecting it to the network,” DET added.
In August, DET launched commercial operations at its second FSRU-based terminal in Wilhelmshaven.
In May, the 2024-built 174,000-cbm Energy Endurance delivered the commissioning cargo to Excelerate’s 138,000-cbm FSRU Excelsior in Wilhelmshaven from Venture Global LNG’s Plaquemines LNG export plant in Louisiana.
The chartered FSRU is located two kilometers south of the Wilhelmshaven 1 terminal.
It is moored at an island jetty, completed last year, and located about 1.5 km from the shore.
Two more FSRUs
DET is also carrying out maintenance at its first FSRU-based terminal in Wilhelmshaven, which is expected to be completed today.
During maintenance, the 170,000-cbm FSRU Hoegh Esperanza remains at berth.
This FSRU serves a ten-year charter Hoegh Evi, previously known as Hoegh LNG, and the German government signed in 2022.
Besides this unit, the 170,000-cbm FSRU Hoegh Gannet, which serves the Elbehafen LNG import terminal in Germany’s Brunsbüttel, is currently located at the Danish Fayard shipyard.
This FSRU is expected to resume operations in the middle of November.
DET will later this month hold a short-term capacity auction for this FSRU-based facility in Brunsbüttel.
