The International Association of Ports and Harbors’ World
Ports Climate Initiative (WPCI) has launched a new website --
www.lngbunkering.org – that’s focused on liquefied natural gas as a maritime
industry fuel.
The new LNG Bunkering website provides a detailed overview
of the use of LNG as ship fuel and lays out the technical requirements for
ships, bunkering infrastructure and vessels under development, as well as the
business case for using LNG in the maritime environment.
“Representatives from some of the world’s largest and most
progressive ports developed this site for the benefit of all interested
industry parties, including port authorities, fuel suppliers and shipping
companies,” IAPH President Grant Gilfillan, who’s the Chief Executive
Officer/Director of Port Authority of New South Wales, Australia, said.
“The site is intended to be a resource and a
conversation-starter among ports and stakeholders because we believe that LNG
is the ship’s fuel of the future and ports must prepare to offer safe storage
and bunkering of LNG for shipping lines,” Gilfillan said.
The site is an initiative of WPCI’s LNG Fuelled Vessels
Working Group which, while focusing on the use of LNG as a marine fuel, has
developed guidelines for safe LNG bunkering operations providing ports around
the world with information to pursue the technology.
