France's GTT has inked a new five-year global technical services agreement with US-headquartered regasification specialist Excelerate Energy covering the company’s nine floating storage and regasification units.

The agreement will see the LNG technology company provide Excelerate whit on-site technical assistance for inspection, maintenance, repairs, operation and engineering of the vessels’ NO96 containment system.

It also give the shipowner access to GTT’s emergency hotline so owners and crews can speak directly with the designer’s technical experts on operational issues.