Hoegh LNG Partners is clearing the way for the dropdown of its next asset from parent Hoegh LNG.

New York-listed Hoegh Partners today filed a $600m shelf registration, setting the scene for an equity issue to support the transaction.

It comes just a couple of weeks after Hoegh LNG chief executive Sveinung Stohle said the MLP’s next dropdown was planned before the end of the year.

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