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ABS Issues LNG Bunkering Advisory From Fuel Provider & Operator Perspective
The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has issued a new liquifeid natural gas (LNG) bunkering advisory in response to what it says is the industry's growing interest in gas propulsion.
The LNG Bunkering: Technical and Operational Advisory outlines the benefits and challenges associated with fuelling vessels equipped with LNG power systems from a fuel provider and operator perspective.
The advisory also contains an extensive overview of potential solutions and current practices associated with LNG bunkering.
"Ship owners, operators, designers and shipyards around the world are considering the advantages that operating on natural gas may provide," says Roy Bleiberg, ABS' Director of Global Gas Solutions.
"Some of the key areas that are addressed in this advisory are properties of LNG, critical design issues, operational issues aboard the gas fueled ship as well as bunkering vessels, proper procedures, crew training, and the means to promote safe operations with needed risk assessments."
Bleiberg pointed out that while shipping industry professionals around the world are considering the merits of LNG, "it is important to have a clear understanding of not only the benefits, but the challenges that may be involved."
Last year ABS released a report providing guidance on LNG bunkering in North America that it viewed as a "path forward" for regulatory approval of LNG bunkering,
