Sassnitz (dpa/mv) - A tanker with the first load of liquefied natural gas for the terminal in Lubmin is expected in front of Rügen. According to Deutsche Regas, the Seapeak Hispania loaded 140,000 cubic meters of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Egypt. According to ship tracking services on the Internet on Tuesday evening, the 280-meter-long tanker should reach the port of Mukran on the island of Rügen on Wednesday night. A spokesman for Deutsche Regas said he would probably first go to the roadstead there.
Approvals for the commissioning of the LNG terminal in Lubmin are still missing. Deutsche Regas has now applied for trial operation. The Schwerin Environment Minister Till Backhaus (SPD) said at the beginning of the week that the permit for this could be granted in a few days. The "Seapeak Hispania" is to be used as an interim storage facility on the Baltic Sea. Smaller tankers are to transport the LNG from there through the shallow Greifswalder Bodden to the actual terminal in Lubmin.
