Bunkering gas as fuel for ships

The development of technical solutions includes the evaluation of bunker requirements of LNG fuelled ships based on existing and new regulations which are currently under development (MSC.285(86), International Code for Gas as Ship Fuel (IGF-Code) 2014). Considering the different specifications of conventional fuel and LNG the bunkering process for fuel oil can not be transferred to LNG directly. So far standards for LNG bunkering and the interface between land based LNG supply and consumer at different l ocations have not been developed. ?BunGas? has to face the development of technical systems, which are competitive to fuel oil bunkering regarding time, location and procedures. The project will give the baseline for safe and competitive gas refuelling in European ports in a way that the results can be applied to all types of gas fuelled ships. Regarding these requirements a basic design of a bunker vessel with a suitable transfer system will be developed. One major challenge of the design of bunker syste m is the safe LNG transfer within normal port limits and during normal harbour operation. Until now liquefied gas transfer is dedicated to gas terminals for gas carrier or to special locations and dedicated refuelling timeslots for the limited number of v essels operating with LNG as fuel today. Partners: Partner 1: Germanischer Lloyd: Partner 2: AIDA Cruises Partner 3: TGE Partner 4: MEYER WERFT GmbH: Partner 5: Beluga Partner 6: DNV Partner 7: MAN Partner 8: Port Feeder Barge Partner 9: Bernhard Schult e