FSRU ''Independence'', delivered in March 2014 is a

LNG carrier An LNG carrier is a tank ship designed for transporting liquefied natural gas (LNG). History The first LNG carrier '' Methane Pioneer'' () carrying , classed by Bureau Veritas, left the Calcasieu River on the Louisiana Gulf coast on 25 Januar ...

designed as a floating LNG storage and regasification unit (FSRU) chartered by KN to be used as a LNG import terminal in Lithuania. The vessel can store of

natural gas Natural gas (also called fossil gas or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes. Low levels of trace gases like carbon ...

and can supply all of Lithuania's need for natural gas. The vessel started operating in the autumn of 2014. It provides some diversification of Lithuanian gas imports away from

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. Built by

Hyundai Hyundai is a South Korean industrial conglomerate ("chaebol"), which was restructured into the following groups: * Hyundai Group, parts of the former conglomerate which have not been divested ** Hyundai Mobis, Korean car parts company ** Hyundai As ...

in South Korea, it arrived at

Klaipėda Klaipėda (; ; german: Memel; pl, Kłajpeda; russian: Клайпеда; sgs, Klaipieda) is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast. The capital of the eponymous county, it is the third largest city and the only major seaport in Lithuani ...

on 27 October 2014, after a five-month cruise. Current charterer KN has made a decision to purchase the FSRU from its owner

Leif Höegh & Co Leif Höegh & Co is a shipping company founded in 1927 by Norwegian Leif Høegh (1896-1974). Since 2006 the company has been structured as two separate entities, Höegh Autoliners and Höegh LNG, with Leif Höegh & Co acting as a common holding ...

no later than December 2024 which marks the end of 10-year term lease agreement executed between the parties. FSRU Independence in the port of Klaipėda, Lithuania

FSRU Independence in the port of Klaipėda, Lithuania

External links

"At Anchor Off Lithuania, Its Own Energy Supply"
article in ''

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'' July 4, 2013
"Gas terminal will serve to strengthen Lithuania's energy independence"
, press release
"LITHUANIA FSRU"
LITHUANIA FSRU, information from the shipowner Höegh
AFTER 2024 FSRU INDEPENDENCE WILL STAY IN LITHUANIA
press release {{DEFAULTSORT:Independence Floating liquefied natural gas terminals 2014 ships Ships built by Hyundai Heavy Industries Group