LNG ship-to-ship transfer comes of age

Nine years ago Excelerate Energy and Exmar carried out a game-changing ship-to-ship (STS) transfer of an LNG cargo.

In August 2006, the shipping partners topped off LNG levels in all four cargo tanks of the 138,000-cbm Excalibur (built 2002) while the vessel was in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, leaving the 138,000-cbm LNG regasification vessel Excelsior (built 2005) with three of its tanks full and the fourth empty.