Announcements

Regasification capacity auctions during service year 2025

Regasification capacity is auctioned at the end of every month in accordance with the Terminal Rules and the attached instructions.

Additional capacity allocation and spot capacity

Available capacity after the Open Season is open for reservations in the Additional Capacity Allocation and as Spot Capacity during Service Year 2025

Open Season for service year 1.10.2024 - 31.12.2025

Hamina LNG launches the Open Season for the period of 1.10.2024 – 31.12.2025 to welcome market participants to apply for capacities at the terminal. The window for binding applications is open until 6 September 2024. 

The Finnish Energy Authority’s approval decision will be in market consultation in the upcoming weeks, but the market consultation regarding the contents of the terminal rules has been completed and no changes to the rules will be made anymore.

Terminal rules 2024-2025 market consultation

The market consultation of Hamina LNG terminal rules for period 01.10.2024 – 31.12.2025 has been launched by the Finnish Energy Authority at Energiavirasto website. More information in the release on the right.

Terminal rules update & ISCC certificate

Recap of the terminal rules update that became valid on 18 April 2024 and an announcement of Hamina LNG ISCC warehouse certificate

Auction for June 2024

Auction for available regasification capacity

Auction for May 2024

Auction for available regasification capacity

Spot capacity available

Spot capacities available for April – June 2024

Auction for March 2024

Auction for available regasification capacity

Spot capacity update

Spot capacities updated for February – March 2024

Auction for February 2024

Auction for available regasification capacity

Auction for December 2023

Auction for available regasification capacity

Release 21 November 2023

Raul Kade has been appointed as the CEO of Hamina LNG Oy from 1 December 2023

Spot capacity notification

Spot capacities for storage and regasification services offered for December 2023 – March 2024

Auction for November 2023

Auction for available regasification capacity

HLNG - Invitation for additional capacity allocation for gas year 2024

Hamina LNG Oy has available capacity for Gas Year 2024.

Auction for October 2023

Auction for available regasification capacity

HLNG - Open Season for gas year 2024

Invitation to participate in the annual capacity allocation procedure at Hamina LNG terminal for the gas year 2024.

Terminal capacity allocation request form

Hamina LNG Oy – Terminal capacity allocation request form for gas year 2024.

Terminal rules market consultation

Hamina LNG preliminary terminal rules for the next gas year 1.10.2023 – 30.9.2024 are now open for market comments until 7th of July.

Available capacity

Available terminal capacity for the remaining gas year 2023, including storage capacity, HP injection capacity and truck loading capacity.

Additional HP capacity

Additional 50 MW of HP injection capacity to be allocated during January 2023 for current and new terminal users

Release 6.10.2022

The terminal has started commercial operations

Free capacity for gas year 2023

The allocation of terminal capacity has been concluded for gas year 2023 and the remaining free capacity is open for reservations

Open Season 2022

Hamina LNG Oy opens the Open Season process to offer terminal capacity to the market

Release 24.5.2022

Tuula Liukko has started as CEO of Hamina LNG Oy

Release 5.5.2022

Hamina LNG launches a Pre-Open season questionnaire to find out preliminary market interest towards booking of terminal capacity before the official Open season.

Release 11.4.2022

Hamina LNG Oy’s Terminal ready for commercial use in the autumn of 2022

Release 24.2.2022

Finishing work on Hamina LNG Terminal to be launched in March 2022

Release 23.8.2021

The commercial commissioning of the LNG terminal in Hamina will be postponed from the previously informed 1.10.2021.

Consequently, terminal services cannot be provided to the market from the beginning of Gas Year 2022 in accordance with the earlier schedule.

Release 4.3.2021

The commercial commissioning of the LNG Terminal in Hamina will take place at the beginning of Gas Year 2022. The objective is to provide all terminal services to the market as of 1 October 2021.

Capacity available for Gas Year 2022 will be offered for reservation from 1 April 2021.

Release 30.9.2020

The commercial commissioning of the LNG Terminal in Hamina is now planned to take place in early April 2021. The transmission system connection will be taken into use in August 2021.

The objective is to bring the key services of the Terminal to the market during the second quarter in 2021. The commercial capacity reservation period of the Terminal services is in November and December 2020.
The commissioning schedule of the EPC contractor will become more specific towards the end of this year.