LNG bunkering at ports is set to become more efficient with new guidance on the safe handling of LNG-fuelled vessels. The IAPH-WPSP LNG Ready Terminal guidance tool details procedures and operational preparedness actions of terminals to assure a safe handling of LNG-fuelled vessels, including a safe ship-to-ship bunkering of LNG-fuelled vessels alongside the terminal.
The Port of Rotterdam’s Cees Boon, lead on the LNG Ready Terminal tool, commented: “This sought-after tool is now available for ports to use and completes the IAPH suite of tools for LNG bunkering.” It is the latest in a series of tools designed to equip port authorities with the necessary instruments to ensure safe bunkering of LNG in response to the increasing uptake of LNG-fuelled newbuild and retrofitted vessels calling at their ports…
