Contract for access to the Fos Cavaou LNG terminal

Would you like to unload or reload LNG using our terminal in the near future?

The contract for access to the Fos Cavaou LNG terminal sets out the conditions under which Fosmax LNG shall receive your vessels and defines all the services made available to you under the terms of your subscription. You shall also need to gain approval for any vessel that has not visited our terminal before. In order to further facilitate access to the Fos Cavaou LNG terminal, and for customers wishing to anticipate the steps, we offer you the possibility of signing a Master Agreement for which the capacities will be specified by an endorsement.

A new access contract was introduced on 1^st of April 2017

Download the access contract and its appendice

• Access contract
• Appendix 1 - Specific Conditions
• Appendix 2 - General conditions
• Appendix 3 - Vessel-related procedures
• Appendix 4 - Measurement, Metering and Quality Procedures
• Appendix 5 - Titles and Values of the Rate Terms
• Appendix 6 - Calculation Terms and Conditions for the Reference Send-Outs
• Appendix 7 - Negative Stock Account and Offsetting Terms and Conditions

Complement calculation & rounding

• Method of calculating for unloaded and reloaded energy

Paiement guarantee templates

• Contract of guarantee
• Autonomous first demand guarantee

LNG carrier approval

To access the Fos-Cavaou terminal, every LNG carrier must have successfully completed the approval procedure in accordance with the Appendix 3 set out in the access contract.

This approval procedure consists of:

• an exchange of information
• ship/shore interface testing and interface meeting
• an unloading/reloading test
• a vetting inspection of ship safety and ship scheduling conditions prior to each arrival at the terminal