The cargo, aboard RasGas’ ‘Al Thakhira’, was delivered on Tuesday, August 23.
The receiver of the cargo is a new customer DufEnergy Trading (DufEnergy), which is an international, multi-energy trading company based in Lugano, Switzerland.
Since entering the LNG market in late 2012, DufEnergy has been successfully delivering a number of LNG cargoes to its customers, while diversifying its supply portfolio.
FSRU Toscana is one of Italy’s main regasification projects, and is located 22km off the Italian coast between Livorno and Pisa. The terminal is permanently anchored to the seabed through a mooring system, with a single point of rotation at the bow.
"RasGas looks forward to continuing our support of DufEnergy in meeting the growing demand in Italy – and throughout Europe – for cleaner energy in the form of LNG. The arrival of our LNG cargo at FSRU Toscana represents another positive development in RasGas' global operations,” Khalid Sultan R al-Kuwari, RasGas chief marketing and shipping officer, said.
RasGas is one the world's largest gas exporters, with an integrated shipping fleet consisting of 27 long-term chartered LNG vessels. The fleet’s variety of 14 conventional ships, 12 Q-Flex and one Q-Max vessel enhances RasGas’ flexibility to meet worldwide demand for cleaner energy.
"Receiving this cargo at the FSRU Toscana regasification terminal is an important milestone, as LNG is a key source of supply to the Italian natural gas market,” according to Jean-Christian Heintz, head of LNG at DufEnergy.