‘Crucial and decisive step’ – LNG unit departs from Shanghai

The floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Prometheus departed from Shanghai in the early hours of Saturday morning, the government confirmed.

This marks the beginning “of a new era for our energy sector ,” government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on X.

The FSRU departed from China at 1.30am local time and by 10am, had travelled 13 nautical miles in China’s territorial waters.

The ship will initially head to Singapore, while