Pilot Deployments

Pilot deployments are 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 vessels being propelled by LNG or transporting LNG and in one LNG terminal in Port of Ruse (Bulgaria) equipped with a truck fuelling station and a pontoon to be used for future fuelling of inland vessels as well as combined LNG/CNG fuelling stations for trucks themselves.

I. LNG Tankers

LNG/MGO bunker vessel (Argos Bunkering BV)

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
Area of operation: Rhine
Delivery: expected Q2/2016 (currently on-hold)

II. LNG Propelled Vessels

		Eiger of DCL Barge B.V. (Danser Group) First inland waterway vessel refitted with a LNG drive system Usage: cargo transport; capacity 206TEU Propulsion: 2 dual-fuel Wärsilä engines Capacity LNG tank: 60m3 LNG Area of operation: Rhine (ARA to Basel) Delivery: June 2014

		EcoLiner of DAMEN Shipyards LNG propelled chemical tanker with an air lubricated hull Usage: transport of chemicals and oil products Propulsion: four LNG powered generators Capacity LNG tank: 45m3 LNG Area of operation: Rhine Delivery: expected Q3/2015

		Sirocco of Chemgas Barging S.a.r.l. Conventional type-G tanker Usage: transport of liquefied gases; cargo tank capacity: 6 x 437 m3 Propulsion: main LNG/MGO dual-fuel Wärtsilä engine; two additional LNG generators Capacity LNG tank: 88m3 LNG Area of operation: Rhine (ARA to Basel) Delivery: Q3/2014

III. LNG Terminals/Bunker Stations

LNG Terminal in Ruse (Bulmarket DM Ltd)

Terminal for storage of LNG equipped with a truck fuelling station and a pontoon to be used for future fuelling of inland vessels
Capacity: 1.000m3 LNG
Delivery: expected Q4/2015

IV. LNG Vehicles and Machinery

Bulmarket DM Ltd