Pilot deployments will be carried out in both the Rhine and the Danube region by barge operators, logistics providers as well as shipyards together with their commercial partners and suppliers. The pilot deployments will cover parts of an entire LNG supply chain with investments into two LNG terminals and bunkering stations envisioned in Port of Antwerp (Belgium) and Ruse (Bulgaria) and investments into LNG propelled vessels and LNG inland carriers, as well as combined LNG/CNG fuelling stations for trucks themselves in Bulgaria.
I. LNG Tankers
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Combined LNG – MGO tanker (Argos Bunkering BV)
- A combined LNG & MGO tanker to be used for ship to ship LNG & MGO bunkering of inland barges
- Use of boil-off LNG for electric propulsion and generating electricity
- Working area: Ports of Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Antwerpen
- Pilot operation: Q3 2015
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LNG Tanker (LNG E-Motion)
- Dual fuel Type G tanker for LNG transport 86 x 10.5 x 2.6 m (LNG bunker tanker for Rhine)
- Electric compulsion with dual fuel engines as generator sailing on the ‘boil-off’ of the LNG cargo (2 x 500 kW dual fuel engines)
- LNG tanks: 2250 m3 LNG (1000 tons)
- Pilot operation: Q2/Q3 2015
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LNG coastal carrier (Bernhard Schulte Cyprus Ltd.)
- Coastal LNG carrier connected LNG import terminal in the Easter Mediterranean with the planned receiving terminal in Constanta
- (Preliminary) specification: 110,0m x 16,8m, draught 4,8m; capacity 5.000 m3 LNG
- Pilot operation: Q3 2015
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LNG Inland Tankers (Chemgas Shipping B.V.)
- LNG inland gas tanker being a part of the LNG supply chain on the DanubeWorking area: (1) Lower Danube & (2) connecting Constanta with Upper Danube
- Innovative propulsion system using boil-off LNG as fuel
- Pilot operation: Q3 2015
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II. LNG Propelled Vessels
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Container vessel (DCL Barge B.V.)
- Retrofitting of container vessel (year 2000): length 105 m and capacity 206 TEU (total capacity 348 TEU)
- 2 dual fuel engines + 60 m3 LNG fuel tank (for 1 round-trip)
- Route: Rhine-service (Antwerp – Rotterdam – Basel)
- Pilot operation: April 2014
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LNG pusher (Kooiman Marine B.V.)
- Dual fuel push boat for Rhine and inland service (able to push 6 loaded barges)
- Propulsion: dual fuel engines 4 X 1060 kW (Wartsila), 160m3 LNG fuel tank & 80 m3 diesel tank
- Length/beam/draught: 40x18x1,6m
- Route: Rotterdam – Duisburg (24h/7 days)
- Pilot operation: Q3 2015
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LNG propelled chem. Tanker (DAMEN Shipyards)
- Based on the EcoLiner concept foreseeing an air lubricated hull offering savings of up to 15% due to reduced hull resistance
- Usage: transport of chemicals and oil products
- Length: 110 m; Capacity: 45 m3 LNG
- Pilot operation: Q3 2014
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LNG Propelled pushers (Navrom S.A. Galati)
- Retrofit 3 pushers with LNG propulsion
- Propulsion: dual fuel engine
- Pilot operation: Q3 2015
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LNG propelled chem. tanker (Chemgas Barging S.a.r.l.)
- Conventional type-G tanker for the transport of liquefied gases with LNG used as propulsion
- Propulsion: dual fuel engine (Wartsila), 1400 kW. Two auxiliary engines only LNG. Vessel can operate on gasoil.
- Length/beam/draught: 110x 11,4 x 3,15 m
- Cargo tank capacity: 6 x 437 m3
- Pilot operation: Q3 2014
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III. LNG Terminals/Bunker Stations
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Bunker Station(Port of Antwerp)
- Initial project to build-up a LNG bunkering network for inland vessel in NW Europe (Rhine-Meuse)
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LNG Terminal in Ruse (Bulmarket DM Ltd)
- Waterfront storage unit of min. 1.000 m3 including fuelling for vessels and trucks
- Hinterland demand/base load in the first year approx. 40.000 m3
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IV. LNG Vehicles and Machinery
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Bulmarket DM Ltd
- Combined LNG/CNG fuelling stations
- LNG fuelled tank trucks
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