FSUs come of age as importers find new project solutions

A large number of projects requiring LNG carriers to be used as floating storage units (FSUs) have come onto the radar over the past few months.

Brokers reference enquiries where some developers are looking for multiple units and say there appears to be particularly strong demand for projects under consideration along the Chinese coast.

They say that one new aspect of this latest uptick in interest is that those considering FSU’s as part of their LNG project are increasingly turning their attention to larger and more modern LNG carriers as possible candidates rather than purely concentrating on older tonnage.

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