Uniper is set to sign a 20-year time-charter contract for its planned Q-Max sized floating storage and regasification unit at Wilhelmshaven this quarter.

The move comes as the trader forges ahead with what looks set to become Germany’s first LNG-import terminal.

Niels Fenzl, who is vice president for transportation and terminals for subsidiary Uniper Global Commodities (UGC) with responsibility for shipping, operations, regasification and small-scale business, said the specification for the 263,000-cbm FSRU is about to be finalised.