Flex LNG - Redelivery of Flex Constellation in 2024
08 Januar 2024 - 7:00AM
Flex LNG - Redelivery of Flex Constellation in 2024
Hamilton, BermudaJanuary 8, 2024
Flex LNG Ltd. («Flex LNG» or «Company») (NYSE/OSE: FLNG) has
received notice that the charterer of Flex Constellation, a trading
house, has decided not to utilize its extension option. Flex
Constellation was fixed on a three-year Time Charter on May 17,
2021, where the charterer had the option to extend the period by up
to three years. Hence, Flex LNG expect to take redelivery of the
ship during the second quarter of 2024.
Øystein Kalleklev, CEO of Flex LNG Management AS, commented:“We
note that we will have Flex Constellation back during the second
quarter this year which fits well with her scheduled five-years
special survey which is due during second or third quarter of 2024.
For 2024, we only have two ships scheduled for drydock, in contrast
to four ships during 2023.
For 2024, the charter coverage for Flex LNG is 95% following the
redelivery of Flex Constellation. The Flex Constellation has been
on a Time Charter with a fixed rate of $80,000 per day, in line
with the Time Charter Equivalent guidance for our fleet in 2023.
The term rates for one to ten years charters are currently being
quoted at $90-100,000 per day according to most brokers.
Consequently, we believe the vessel is well positioned to be
recontracted at more attractive levels than the previous
contract.
Once we have completed the special survey of Flex Constellation,
we will market her for short- and long-term opportunities ahead of
the winter season which we consider a good timing. The Flex
Constellation is a large 173,400 cbm LNG carrier equipped with
ME-GI main engines with partial reliquefication system. These
engines have negligible methane slip guaranteed by the maker to be
less than 0.2 gram per KWh which is about twenty times less than
the methane slip for dual fuel diesel electric (DFDE/TFDE) LNG
carriers which also burn about 30 per cent more fuel with
associated carbon emissions and additionally has about 5-10% less
cargo space. In the light of the Global Methan Pledge at COP 26,
recently repeated at COP28, we are therefore upbeat about the
prospects for rechartering the ship at attractive levels given her
environmentally friendly specification.”
For further queries, please contact:
Media contact:Øystein Kalleklev, CEO Tel: +47 23 11 40 00
Investor and Analyst contact:Knut Traaholt, CFOTel: +47 23 11 40
00Email: IR@flexlng.com
About Flex LNG Flex LNG is a shipping company focused on the
growing market for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). Our fleet consists
of thirteen LNG carriers on the water and all of our vessels are
state-of-the-art ships with the latest generation two- stroke
propulsion (MEGI and X-DF). These modern ships offer significant
improvements in fuel efficiency and thus also carbon footprint
compared to the older steam and four-stroke propelled ships. We
have built up a significant contract backlog, having fixed 11 of
our 13 vessels on long term fixed-rate charter contracts and one
vessel on variable hire time charter. Flex LNG is listed both on
the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE)
under the ticker "FLNG". For more information, go to:
www.flexlng.com (http://www.flexlng.com)
This information is subject to the disclosure requirements
pursuant to Section 5-12 the Norwegian Securities Trading Act
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