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Norway Permits LNG Bunkering with Passengers on Board
Norway will allow ferries to refuel with liquefied natural gas (LNG) while passengers are on board, the European LNG fuel project MT LNG reports.
The decision means that Fjord Line will no longer have to send LNG trucks to Hirtshals, Denmark for bunkering.
"This means that we will be able to move about 80% of our bunkering to Risavika" said CEO Ingvald Fardal.
Skangass's LNG Terminal at Risavika is only a few hundred metres from Ford Line's terminal at Risavika Harbor.
While Danish and Swedish authorities had already allowed the bunkering of LNG-fuelled ships with passengers on board, Norway had previously banned it.
Fjord Line announced in July that its LNG-powered ferry, MS Stavangerfjord, was facing delays created by difficulties with bunkering the fuel, including limitations created by Norwegian regulations.
The company said at the time that it was temporarily adjusting its schedule to fill LNG three times a week at Hirtshals and once a week at Risavika.
