EXMAR report 2025

Innovations 46 EEMSENERGYTERMINAL PARTNERS WITH EXMAR FOR TERMINAL EXTENSION INNOVATIONS EXMAR is pleased to announce that it entered into a strategic partnership with EemsEnergyTerminal, a subsidiary of Gasunie and Vopak, to extend the operation of the Eemshaven LNG import terminal after 2027. As part of the collaboration, EXMAR intends to own and operate 2 Floating Storage and Regasification Units (FSRUs) in the Netherlands with a combined storage capacity of approximately 190,000 m³ LNG. The start in 2022 Having pioneered the floating LNG regasification business over 20 years ago, EXMAR has built, owned, commissioned and operated 10 Floating Regasification Units (FSRUs) around the globe. Building on this unique track record, in 2022, EXMAR reached an agreement for a five-year charter for the employment of its floating storage and regasification unit FSRU S188 with GASUNIE LNG Holdings BV (Gasunie) for deployment of the FSRU S188, renamed EEMSHAVEN LNG, at Eemshaven in Groningen, the Netherlands. The agreement reflected the increasing emphasis of governments and other stakeholders on securing the supply of energy as a consequence of the geopolitical developments experienced in Europe. Being part of the first new operational terminal in Europe, the FSRU was deployed to store and regasify LNG for injection into the gas network. Shortly after the signing of the Time Charter Party, the barge was modified for the use of shore electricity and heat for the regasification process, which makes EEMSHAVEN LNG one of the greenest FSRU terminals in the world. In combination with a second FSRU operating at the same location the LNG Terminal has a regasification capacity of 8 billion cubic meters (BCM) of natural gas per year which represents 20-25% of the natural gas demand in the Netherlands. With send out nominations being rather variable and demanding for the plant and the crew, the over 20 years’ experience with floating LNG regasification facilities, pays off with a 100% uptime, highly valued by the customer. 2.2 INFRASTRUCTURE