Hoegh LNG has locked in financing for one of its FSRU newbuildings.

Oslo-listed Hoegh has secured $230m from both conventional banks and export credit agencies to help pay for FSRU#8.

ABN AMRO Bank, Danske Bank, Nordea and Swedbank have come up with $80m via a five-year loan.

The remaining $150m has come from Garantiinstituttet for Eksportkreditt ("GIEK") and Eksportkreditt of Norway in the form of a 12-year term loan.