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
If the permit capacity exceeds 50 tons of LNG, a notification to the Department
Environment, Nature & Energy has to be submitted & the other requirements stated in the
left half of Table 1 have to be fulfilled.
If the permit capacity exceeds 200 tons of LNG, a notification to the Department
Environment, Nature & Energy has to be submitted as well as a safety report (SWA-VR)
has to be submitted & the other requirements stated in the right half of Table 1 have to be
fulfilled.
2. Application for a building permit:
The application for a building permit can be joint to the application for an environmental
permit as explained in section § 2.1.3.
For the operation of land installations for storage or handling of LNG in the ports, following
aspects have to be addressed:
Zoning (land exclusion zones and control of ignition sources around the jetty) will be
addressed in the permitting process, port authorities and fire brigades can further advise in the
facility siting and e.g. impose traffic (exclusion) zones and truck movement procedures. Other
aspects to take into account are site security & access control, and adequate training of
personnel. For loading/unloading facilities, earthing requirements will be part of the
operational procedures.
2.8.7.3 Construction and operation of LNG trucks
As explained in section § 2.1.4, technical (construction) requirements for LNG trucks are
governed by the ADR, and moreover port authorities or terminal operators can impose extra
requirements; a practice currently already in place for trucks loading at Fluxys’ Zeebrugge
terminal. The same holds for minimum (training) requirements for the truck drivers. Ports can
further coordinate truck logistics by imposing general and/or zone-specific traffic rules, speed
limits, dedicate parking places, prescribe certain routes and define time schedules.
Truck loading and truck to ship bunkering operations will require specific bunkering
procedures, describing a.o.t. connection, pre-cooling, inertisation, venting, prevention against
overfilling, disconnection.
2.8.7.4 Construction and operation of LNG feeder vessels, LNG bunker barges, LNG
fuelled vessels
As amply described in sections 2.4 and 2.5, construction of all vessels will be subject to IGF
and/or IGC code and supervised by a class society. Requirements for ship crews was also
discussed in these paragraphs.
Next to technical requirements and requirements for the crew, bunkering requires
comprehensive bunkering procedures. Certain aspects of bunkering are specific to the vessel
and will thus be governed in the verification process of the class and be part of the ship’s
operating guidelines.
Other aspects with regard to bunkering will be port- or location-specific. Ports will most
likely impose designated locations for bunkering, based on safety and security considerations
and taking into account specific limitations linked to e.g. the port lay-out and the vessels’
specifications such as size, navigation and mooring restrictions, and prescribe the use of and
DNV Reg. No.: 13YB7C6-3
Revision No. 2 PART II
Date :2012-07-10 Page 57 of 63 CONFIDENTIAL