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How FSRUs Are Expanding LNG Import Infrastructure
Floating regasification can add import capacity on a different timeline from fixed onshore terminals.
What an FSRU changes
An FSRU keeps the containment technology of a carrier but changes the operational role: it stores LNG and regasifies it on board for delivery into a pipeline network.
Because the unit is a ship, import capacity can often be arranged on a different timeline from a fixed onshore terminal.
FSRU, FSU and conversions
An FSU provides storage without regasification, and is often paired with separate send-out capacity. A conversion-based FSRU reuses an existing carrier hull and inherits its containment system and condition.
Treating these as one category hides the differences that matter in project planning.
Operational realities
Cargo arrives by ship-to-ship transfer, which requires compatibility checks, mooring analysis and an agreed emergency shutdown link.
Send-out capability, mooring design and metocean limits are project-specific and should be read from the project documentation, never assumed.
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