Breakthrough LNG deployment in Inland Waterway Transport
PITPOINT.LNG MEETS ALL PERMIT REQUIREMENTS AND STATION TO BE OPERATIONAL IN Q2, 2019 01 November 2018 This week, PitPoint.LNG received the official permit for the construction of Europe’s first shore-to-ship bunkering station for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the Port of Cologne. With this important milestone now in place, the civil engineering work can start […]
During the World Port Days, EICB, together with partners from the LNG Breakthrough consortium, received a delegation from the European Commission’s Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA). The agenda included a site visit to the recently completed pilot vessel ‘the Werkendam’ of Van Oord. The construction of the Werkendam has been made possible with co-financing […]
The Port of Rotterdam wants to realise a new multifuel bunker station for the refuelling of LNG and other cleaner fuels. Krabbegors/Duivelseiland at Dordrecht Inland Seaport has been designated as the location for this bunker station. Port of Rotterdam and PitPoint.LNG signed a letter of intent to jointly further investigate the realisation of such a […]
PitPoint.LNG will build Germany’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering station in the harbor of Cologne. The new station will facilitate the bunkering of LNG powered inland waterways vessels that sail on Europe’s busiest transport waterway, the Rhine. The construction of the bunkering station is a next step in PitPoint.LNG’s strategy to develop a European LNG infrastructure to facilitate the uptake of LNG as fuel for road and marine transport.
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In their recent Clean Harbor Vision 2030, PitPoint has presented a new infrastructural plan for clean alternative bunkering fuels toward 2030.
The International Gas Union (IGU) has released a new report on the crucial role of liquified natural gas (LNG) in enabling cleaner marine transport – currently a major cause of human health and environmental costs.