June 23 (LNGJ) - The “BW Batangas”, the second floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) chartered for a company in the Philippines for an LNG import terminal, has arrived at Batangas Bay, according to shipping data, for an LNG import project with commercial start-up before September.
The vessel with 162,500 cubic metres of capacity, the renamed “BW Paris”, has been chartered from BW LNG of Singapore by a venture led by Filipino power company First Gen Corp., which has also tendered for a commissioning cargo. The first Philippines floating LNG project started earlier in 2023 and is suppling another local power company SMC Global Power Holdings. This project involves the LNG floating storage unit “Ish” as part of a venture developed by Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Company near Batangas Bay.
