FSRU Independence

FSRU Independence, delivered in March 2014 is a LNG carrier designed as a floating LNG storage and regasification unit owned by KN Energies to be used as a LNG import terminal in Lithuania. The vessel can store of natural gas and can supply all of Lithuania's need for natural gas. The vessel started operating in the autumn of 2014.
Built by Hyundai in South Korea, it arrived at Klaipėda on 27 October 2014, after a five-month cruise.
Charterer KN Energies has made a decision to purchase the FSRU from its owner Leif Höegh & Co no later than December 2024 which marks the end of 10-year term lease agreement executed between the parties.
On 6 December 2024, the Klaipėda LNG terminal operator, the state-owned KN Energies, officially bought the FSRU from the Norwegian company Höegh Evi for USD 153.5 million, and the same day the FSRU was registered in the Lithuanian Register of Sea Ships. At the takeover ceremony, the Lithuanian state flag was hoisted on the FSRU and homeport changed from Singapore to Klaipėda.