SMT, BOC, and CryoAdvise Partner to Offer LNG Operations Training

SMT, CryoAdvise, and BOC will offer a course on LNG operations.
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Stream Marine Training (SMT) today announced that, along with Belgium-based liquefied natural gas (LNG) consulting firm CryoAdvise and industrial gas supplier BOC, it will offer a course intended to raise greater awareness and drive safety standards within LNG operating procedures.

"The aim of this new partnership is to create a 'center of excellence' for LNG training within our world-class training facilities," said Tony In't Hout, SMT Head of Operations and Technical, adding: "we have developed the course in response to a surge in uptake in LNG consumers, and in particular an increased training demand from smaller operators within the LNG market.

"We are offering a unique and flexible course providing the very latest information, guidance and safety training. Essentially, it enables commercial maritime companies to educate all employees that work within the LNG market including port facility workers, ship yard workers and first responders. Local council workers, truck drivers and those working on vessels and within factories using LNG will also benefit."

In't Hout explains that the two-day course has been successfully launched with Caledonian MacBrayne (CALMAC) ferries, and is now delivered on a monthly basis at SMT's headquarters at Glasgow Airport and at BOC's sites in Cambuslang or Motherwell.

"As the maritime sector sets new standards in ship and employee safety, the SMT LNG course aims to provide complete awareness of what LNG is and its physical properties," said CryoAdvise CEO Jan Van Houwenhove.

"Anyone coming into contact with LNG along the supply chain needs to understand how to work with it, including safety and handling. Participants will learn about safe storage of LNG and bunkering operations. It will provide further insight into requirements for safety management systems and risk assessment as students work with real equipment, close-up."

The training is noted to be based on the "International Code of Safety for Ships Using Gases or Other Low-Flashpoint Fuels" – an IGF Code developed by the International Maritime Organization (IMO).