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Tanker Bunkers LNG in Port of Amsterdam

Seagoing Fure West, a Swedish chemical and oil tanker, bunkered with liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the Port of Amsterdam. It is the first ship that has bunkered LNG in Amsterdam. The bunkering took place at the Green Quay in the Port America, the preferred location for secure truck-to-ship bunkering of LNG. Fure West is the first of FureTank sea-going vessels that has a dual-fuel engine. The tanker has recently been converted to sail on LNG.

Barges have been bunkering LNG at the quay in the Port America since 2013. Now seagoing vessels can also bunker LNG. The facility is part of the company’s sustainability agenda and the vision to become a metropolitan port that improves continuously: faster, smarter and cleaner.

Marleen van de Kerkhof, State Harbour Master, “The port itself is fully committed to the sustainability of shipping. It is necessary to continue to provide a sustainable response to logistical requirements and regulations. Facilitating safe bunkering operations of increasingly cleaner marine fuels is a good example. Incidentally, the Green Quay is still a temporary facility. With various partners, such as Titan LNG, we look at a more structural bunker facility, which is also safe and effective.”

Niels den Nijs, CEO of Titan LNG, is pleased with this milestone for the port and his company “Liquefied natural gas as fuel for shipping, the tailwind. That’s because of stricter environmental regulations, a sound business case and growing public pressure to sail cleaner. ”

With LNG as fuel, the environmental gain is large. Sulfur and particulates are reduced to emissions of nitrogen by 85-90 percent. LNG also can reduce greenhouse gas emissions.