Antwerp LNG policy
In order to facilitate and encourage the use of LNG as a shipping fuel, the Antwerp Port Authority has partnered with ship classification bureau Det Norske Veritas (DNV) to ensure the safe and efficient bunkering of LNG by seagoing ships and barges.
DNV has been tasked with developing procedures for LNG bunkering operations, which are specifically tailored to the situation in the port of Antwerp. With this measure the Antwerp Port Authority underscores its ambition to safely and efficiently offer LNG to ships in Antwerp’s port by 2015, when the stricter IMO sulphur emission standards come into force.
In the next few months DNV will develop procedures as an operational standard for the safe bunkering of LNG and will identify the potential risks when there are several LNG-powered ships in Antwerp, with bunkering operations taking place simultaneously. The developed bunkering procedures will contain measures which ensure that the risks are acceptable regardless of the scenario.
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