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Port of Helsinki Publishes Safety Manual for LNG Bunkering
The Port of Helsinki today announced that, in response to liquefied natural gas (LNG) becoming an increasingly popular marine fuel, the port has published instructions for safe LNG bunkering.
"With the expansion of the sulfur emission control area of the Baltic Sea, LNG is becoming an increasingly attractive option, and one that also complies with the restrictions on nitrogen emissions that will enter into force in the Baltic Sea as of the start of 2021," said the port.
"The Port of Helsinki also wishes to do its part in facilitating the adoption of LNG. To this end, the Port prepared an LNG safety manual in collaboration with the consulting company SSPA and Finnish authorities last winter."
The manual, which was developed in collaboration with the consulting company SSPA and Finnish authorities, details minimum requirements for shipping companies and LNG suppliers that intend to bunker LNG at the Port of Helsinki.
The port notes that LNG bunkering has been conducted at Helsinki since the summer of 2014, with the first bunkering involving the Finnish Border Guard's offshore patrol vessel Turva.
In April, Skangas announced that it will supply LNG bunkers to the offshore patrol vessel Turva and icebreaker Polaris from 2017 to 2019, with the possibility of continuing the supply arrangement for a further two years.
