As the deadline for 0.1% low sulphur fuel in Emission Control Areas (ECAs) in North America and North Europe beckons at the start of 2015 so the switch to LNG as a marine fuel has started to move from being a small-scale concept to a wider reality.
Shell is to buy capacity from the Gas Access To Europe (Gate) terminal at the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has ordered the world’s first LNG bunker tanker at Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction (HHIC) for a planned LNG bunkering business in North Europe with GDF SUEZ and Mitsubishi Corporation.
A leak during an LNG bunkering operation on a Fjord Line ferry in Norway was due to a test of the vessel’s stability taking place at the same time as refueling.
At the vanguard of offering LNG as a bunker fuel, the Port of Gothenburg is to offer reductions in port tariffs for LNG-fuelled vessels in a bid to encourage owners to adopt the fuel.