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Study to Consider LNG Bunkering at Dunkirk
The European Union (EU) said it will spend more than €1.1 million ($1.5 million) to analyse the feasibility of building a liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering station at the Port of Dunkirk in France.
The station would be able to receive fuel from an adjacent LNG import terminal that is currently under construction.
The study was chosen for funding under the 2011 Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) Executive Agency Annual Call, along with another Port of Dunkirk study on rail connections.
The projects are scheduled for completion by the end of 2014.
The EU also recently announced that it will provide more than €250,000 ($334,000) for an LNG bunkering project in the Port of Stockholm, also as part of the TEN-T programme.
EU officials, including Siim Kallas, vice president of the European Commission (EC), have backed the adoption of LNG bunkering as a way of meeting shipping industry emission targets.
