Modalities for the provisioning of LNG as shipping fuel in Flemish Ports

DET NORSKE VERITAS
Report for Departement Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken
Modaliteiten voor het aanbieden van LNG als scheepsbrandstof in Vlaamse havens
MANAGING RISK
Norway: There are no general regulations / conditions under which LNG bunkering together
with passenger movement is allowed in Norway. DNV has conducted a risk assessment for
this combined operation (bunkering while passengers are brought on or off board) but the
Authorities have not yet allowed this to happen. They have, however, initiated a new second
risk assessment which may give complementary points of views, giving more confidence in
this. Concretely, the “Department for fire & explosion safety” have received a request to
allow this for the upcoming Fjordlines ferries which may bunker in Stavanger (Risavika).
Other Baltic countries: an active stakeholder in the debate is Viking Line, a ferry line
operating ferry services between Sweden, Finland and Estonia. The new Viking Line vessel
can run on both LNG and traditional fuels. The new vessel will replace M/S Isabella on the
Stockholm-Åland-Turku route and will operate from the western Stadsgården/Masthamnen
quay. The M/S Viking Grace will begin to call at Stadsgården from the beginning of 2013.
To adapt the Viking Terminal for the new Viking Line vessel M/S Viking Grace Ports of
Stockholm is performing construction work at Stadsgården. This work will be ongoing
throughout 2012.
The work performed by Ports of Stockholm will include reconstructing and adapting car
lanes, constructing a goods vehicle ramp and a side ramp for cars, adapting the quayside and
laying new conduits for fresh water and waste water.
AGA Gas AB will deliver the liquefied natural gas from its LNG terminal in Nynäshamn,
which was inaugurated in 2011. The planning, pre-construction engineering and permitting
process for bunkering of the vessel at Stadsgården in the port of Stockholm is under way.
Figure 2 Viking Line ferry routes
Germany: currently, there are no regulations in force in Germany. The German Ministry of
Transportation (BMVBS) have issued a study (with GL) that, amongst other things, covers
concurrent bunkering/cargo operations. The study is finished but not yet published.
DNV Reg. No.: 13YB7C6-3
Revision No. 2 PART II
Date :2012-07-10 Page 24 of 63 CONFIDENTIAL