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

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Report for Departement Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken
Modaliteiten voor het aanbieden van LNG als scheepsbrandstof in Vlaamse havens
MANAGING RISK
default best practice operational training standard for officers serving onboard LNG carriers.
The content is at least partly applicable for LNG fuelled vessels:
LNG Shipping Suggested Competency Standards 2008 - Second Edition
LNG and LPG Experience Matrix
“The SIGTTO LNG/LPG Officer Experience Matrix offers transparent guidance to the
assessment of the risk profile in relation to the officer complement by balancing
thresholds of experience in ranks. The experience matrix considers a number of
elements, including length of sea service, experience in rank, experience in LNG/LPG
operations and training assessment.”
Crew Safety Standards and Training for Large LNG Carriers
“This document has been prepared primarily for the guidance of ship owners and
operators who may be entering LNG ship operation for the first time. It is also of use
to existing LNG operators who are training new crews due to expansion. It highlights
the salient statutory requirements for the training of LNG tanker crews and the
provisions of the STCW, as it applies to gas tankers. It outlines the publications which
are recommended for carriage on board all LNG tankers. It also provides advice on the
application of the International Safety Management Code to the training and
management of tanker crews. In all these matters, it draws heavily on the experience
of SIGTTO member companies that have extensive operating experience with this
class of vessel. Hence, it may be considered, as a guide to current best industry
practice.”
2.5 Ship based activities (inland shipping)
This section gives an overview of the regulatory framework for inland vessels and the
available standards. At the moment there are some exceptions to the regulatory framework
which are addressed in this section.
In Europe two large organizations have come up with technical rules regarding shipping on
inland waterways; the Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine (CCNR) and the
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).
It has to be noted that in Belgium inland vessels can have limited permission to not only sail
on inland waterways but also in the Belgian seawaters. This is regulated through the Royal
Decree (KB) of 8 March 2007 (Koninklijk besluit betreffende binnenschepen die ook voor
niet-internationale zeereizen worden gebruikt) which states the conditions to be fulfilled for
an inland vessel to be allowed in seawaters (e.g. sailing no further than 5 nautical miles away
from the coast, and meeting certain requirements for vessel & crew). Before that date, inland
vessels could receive permission to sail in the Belgian seawaters based on art. 3 of the Law of
5 June 1972 (Wet op de veiligheid van de vaartuigen) after the receipt of a certificate of vessel
integrity (certificaat van deugdelijkheid) indicating the areas of the Belgian seawaters where
the vessels are allowed to sail.
DNV Reg. No.: 13YB7C6-3
Revision No. 2 PART II
Date :2012-07-10 Page 36 of 63 CONFIDENTIAL