1. SSS & MoS FOCAL POINTS MEETING
LNG AS AN ALTERNATIVE FUEL FOR SHORT SEA SHIPPING
Brussels March 2010
Alfons Guinier
European Community Shipowners’ Association – ECSA

2. AIR EMISSIONS - ECSA

4. AIR EMISSIONS No complacency - ECSA
SO2
CO2
VOC
PM10
OPD
NOx

5. ONGOING EFFORTS TO REDUCE EMISSIONS: SOx, NOx, Particles, CO2, etc
DIFFERENT INDUSTRY INITIATIVES
IMO: MARPOL ANNEX VI, ONGOING DISCUSSIONS ON CO2

6. ECSA/EMSA INITIAL MEETING ON LNG AS ALTERNATIVE FUEL NOVEMBER 2009
SHORT SEA SECTOR
ENGINE MANUFACTURERS
CLASSIFICATION SOCIETIES
BUNKERING
TECHNICAL EXPERTS
EU COMMISSION

7. KEY POINTS FOR DISCUSSION
LNG FUELLED SHIPS STATE OF ART
ECONOMIC & ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION FACTORS
PORT INFRASTRUCTURE & LNG AVAILABILITY
TECHNICAL CONSTRAINTS
LNG FUEL CHARACTERISTICS
SAFE OPERATION INCLUDING BUNKERING

8. LNG FUELLED SHIPS TWO MAIN TYPES DUAL FUEL ENGINES (LNG/MDO)
LEAN BURN GAS ENGINES

9. Gas engine development since 1984
Wärtsilä Vasa 32
Rolls-Royce B-type
Rolls-Royce K-type
Dual Fuel gas engines
Lean Burn gas engines
- Constant speed (generator load)
- Variable speed (propeller load)

10. Exhaust emission - Natural gas vs MDO
SO2
Sulphur emission is eliminated
Particulate matters is close to zero
CO2 is reduced by 26% Due to unburned methane the net reduction of greenhouse gases is somewhat lower
NOx is reduced by 80-90%
Particulates
CO2
NOx
Source: Rolls-Royce Marine

11. Large LNG terminals in Europe

12. LNG bunkering station at ferry berth
Capacity bunkering station:
2x 500m3 LNG
LNG transferred by pump
Filling time for the large
LNG ferries about two
hours
Refuelled every third night

13. REACTIONS IN GENERAL VERY POSITIVE APPROACH AND INTEREST
A LOT OF ISSUES STILL TO BE FURTHER ADDRESSED

14. ISSUES FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION & ACTION
LOSS OF ENERGY
METHANE SLIP
LESSONS FROM TESTS
BUNKERING POSSIBILITIES
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS (IMO)
RETROFITTING (INCLUDING COST)
ECONOMIC VIABILITY (INCLUDING PRICE OF LNG)
POSSIBLE INCENTIVES
FURTHER CONSTRUCTIVE & PRACTICAL DISCUSSIONS PLANNED

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