A Gastrade spokeswoman confirmed to LNG Prime that a new cargo will be delivered to the Alexandroupolis LNG terminal on Friday by TotalEnergies under a new Bulgargaz tender.
Under the current arrival schedule, Gastrade expects to receive seven LNG cargoes at the facility, five by the end of March next year and two during the summer.
“Several users have also shown keen interest for spot cargoes,” the spokeswoman said.
According to its AIS data provided by VesselsValue, the 2020-built 174,000-cbm Qogir was located at the Alexandroupolis FSRU on Friday morning local time.
The vessel, owned by TMS Cardiff Gas and chartered by TotalEnergies is carrying a cargo from Sempra Infrastructure’s Cameron LNG terminal in Louisiana, where TotalEnergies is a shareholder.
Qogir visited DESFA’s Revithoussa LNG facility prior to arriving at the Alexandroupolis FSRU.
Last month, Bulgargaz, a unit of state-owned Bulgarian Energy Holding, launched a tender seeking four LNG cargoes (4 TWh) for delivery to Gastrade’s Alexandroupolis FSRU-based facility during the autumn-winter period.
TotalEnergies and Greece’s Metlen Energy & Metals have been selected to supply LNG in October and December 2025, while Metlen Energy & Metals and Shell will supply LNG in January and March 2026, respectively.
Technical issue
In August, Gastrade resumed Alexandroupolis FSRU operations following a technical issue in January this year.
The FSRU resumed operations at a limited regasification capacity of 45.4 GWh/day, including redundancy with respect to its booster pumps.
As of September 12, the company increased the maximum regasification capacity of the Alexandroupolis LNG terminal to 90.8 GWh/day.
Most recently, Gastrade increased the capacity to 136.2 GWh/day on October 21.
As previously reported by LNG Prime, UK-based energy giant BP supplied an LNG cargo to Bulgargaz via the Alexandroupolis FSRU in January.
The 2021-built 174,000-cbm, BW Lesmes, delivered the shipment from the Freeport LNG terminal in Texas to the 153,500-cbm FSRU, Alexandroupolis, on January 19.
This new delivery by BP marked the fourth commercial LNG delivery to the FSRU-based facility.
The Alexandroupolis LNG terminal has a capacity of up to 5.5 bcm per year, or some 66.3 TWh per year.
It is the first FSRU-based facility in Greece and adds to DESFA’s LNG import terminal located on the island of Revithoussa.
Gastrade’s shareholders include founder Copelouzou, DESFA, DEPA, Bulgartransgaz, and GasLog.
