FSRU Independence

55.664457°N 21.137649°E / 55.664457; 21.137649

FSRU Independence
History
Name	FSRU Independence
Owner	„KN Energies”, Klaipėda, Lithuania
Port of registry	Klaipėda, Lithuania
Builder	Hyundai Heavy Industries
Cost	Ca. $330,000,000 USD
Yard number	2549
Laid down	2012
Launched	2014
In service	2014
Identification	Call sign: 9V7190 IMO number: 9629536 MMSI number: 563614000
Status	In service
General characteristics
Type	LNG carrier
Tonnage	109,793 GT 36,732 NT 82,028 DWT
Length	294 m (964 ft 7 in)
Beam	46 m (150 ft 11 in)
Draft	12.6 m (41 ft 4 in)
Propulsion	Dual fuel diesel electric
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Capacity	170,000 m3 (6,000,000 cu ft)
Notes	To be used for ten years as a floating LNG storage and regasification unit as an LNG imported terminal in Lithuania.

FSRU Independence, delivered in March 2014 is a LNG carrier designed as a floating LNG storage and regasification unit (FSRU) owned by KN Energies (previously owned by Höegh Evi) to be used as a LNG import terminal in Lithuania. The vessel can store 170,000 m³ (6,000,000 cu ft) of natural gas and can supply all of Lithuania's need for natural gas. The vessel started operating in the autumn of 2014.

Built by Hyundai in South Korea, it arrived at Klaipėda on 27 October 2014, after a five-month cruise.

Charterer KN Energies has made a decision to purchase the FSRU from its owner Leif Höegh & Co no later than December 2024 which marks the end of 10-year term lease agreement executed between the parties.

On 6 December 2024, the Klaipėda LNG terminal operator, the state-owned KN Energies (formerly Klaipėdos Nafta), officially bought the FSRU from the Norwegian company Höegh Evi (formerly Hoegh LNG) for USD 153.5 million, and the same day the FSRU was registered in the Lithuanian Register of Sea Ships. At the takeover ceremony, the Lithuanian state flag was hoisted on the FSRU and homeport changed from Singapore to Klaipėda.^[1]

FSRU Independence in the port of Klaipėda