Regas ship arrives for Hong Kong's first LNG import terminal
14/04/2023 04:55
SINGAPORE, April 14 (Reuters) - The world's largest
floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) has arrived in
Hong Kong to serve the city's first liquefied natural gas (LNG)
import terminal, said CLP Power Hong Kong Ltd and Hong Kong
Electric Co. Ltd.
The FSRU arrived on April 13 and will set sail after checks
and port clearance procedures to the offshore Hong Kong LNG
terminal next week for final commissioning of the project, the
two companies said in a joint statement on Thursday evening.
The 4 million tonnes a year import terminal project has been
delayed by more than two years as the COVID-19 pandemic slowed
construction.
To be renamed the Bauhinia Spirit, the FSRU owned by Mitsui
O.S.K. Lines 9104.T and Vopak VOPA.AS , is 345 meters long
and has storage capacity of 263,000 cubic meters.
The vessel will be moored at the jetty of Hong Kong LNG
terminal to receive, store and regassify LNG.
The LNG terminal, jointly developed by CLP Power 0002.HK
and HK Electric 2638.HK , is scheduled to start operating in
mid-2023. CLP Power last month issued a tender to purchase a
commissioning cargo for the terminal for delivery in May.
(Reporting by Emily Chow; Editing by Sonali Paul)
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