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The Höegh Esperanza is a Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) holded by Höegh LNG Holdings. From the end of 2022 the FSRU will be used in the Wilhelmshaven LNG terminal.

History
The FSRU was ordered on June 1, 2015, at Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea, the Unit was layed on keel on December 28, 2015 and was launched on March 17, 2017. The FSRU was delivered on April 5, 2018. In June 2018, it was chartered for three years by CNOOC Gas & Power Trading and Marketing and was used starting in November 2018 at the Port of Tianjin. Starting in 2022 it should be used for ten years by the Australian energy company AGL Energy in the planned LNG terminal Crib Point (Mornington-Halbinsel south of Melbourne). However, the terminal project was not approved in March 2021 for environmental reasons.

Use in Wilhelmshaven
On May 5, 2022, Höegh LNG Holdings announced that it has signed binding implementation contracts with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action for the chartering of two FSRUs from its fleet for operation in Germany for ten years. The detailed FSRU contracts are expected to be finalized by September/October 2022 and FSRU operations are expected to start at the end of the year at the Wilhelmshaven LNG terminal with the Höegh Esperanza. The continuous capacity of the Hoegh Esperanza assured to the German government is 5 billion cubic meters of LNG per year (bcm/a), with a maximum capacity of 7.5 bcm/a.

Description
The vessel is measured at 110,499 GT with a length of 290 m and a breadth of 46 m and has a deadweight tonnage of 92,217 tdw. For propulsion, the Höegh Esperanza was equipped with a dual-fuel diesel-electric system consisting of four dual-fuel Wärtsilä-Italia W8L50DF engines, each with eight cylinders and 500 mm bore and 580 mm stroke, and a rated power of 7800 kW. As emergency diesel engine a Cummins KTA 38D is used.

The vessel was designed for combined open and closed regasification operation and the GTT Mark III membrane tanks have a storage capacity of 170,000 m³ of liquefied natural gas. Two auxiliary boilers and four exhaust boilers were installed for good heat utilization. The ship has been classified by the ship classification society DNV.