[2] In the long term, the terminal is being set up in such a way that a special purpose vehicle could be set up to operate the regasification ship, where the Federal government provides the chartered ship, and thereby receives a voice into a private company that could take over day to day operation of the LNG terminal.
The company is building a second LNG terminal in Lubmin,[clarification needed] and it had begun testing by December 2022.
[4] Lubmin is the second port location of the five LNG gas terminals advanced by Germany after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
[5] However, the Federal government budget of €2.94 billion will cover the lease of only four FSRU ships so Lubmin will get one regassification ship to cover both the Deutsche Ostsee and the RWE/Stena terminals.
[3] The third active regasification ship being leased by Germany is Hoegh Gannet measuring 294 by 46 metres (965 by 151 ft) that arrived in Brunsbüttel on 20 January 2023.