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www.marinelink.com 61been modiÞ ed by Pon Power so that the combustion air is enriched with natural gas. Argonon also has two gas turbines to power the electrical system.Deen Shipping recently joined forces with the Linde group to establish what will be the Þ rst LNG bunker station in the port of Rotterdam. Deen said: ?We have found a suitable site and hope to be up and running in 2014. I want to con-vince others that LNG is the way to go for inland shipping and so it is only right that I put my money where my mouth is and invest in LNG fuel infrastructure.?Deen Shipping has four more barges in its ß eet and is already working with engine manufacturers to evaluate retro-Þ tting them with dual fuel engines using LNG and diesel.Dutch experience is also at work in its shipbuilding sector where the Peters Shipyard in Kampen recently conÞ rmed receipt of an order for two new LNG-powered tanker barges from Interstream Barging (see illustration middle, below), which will be chartered by Shell Ship-ping. The 110m long vessels will operate along the Rhine as far south as Switzer- land, with the Þ rst due delivery to Shell in spring 2013.Dr. Grahaeme Henderson, Shell Vice President, Shipping, said, ?Shell sees real growth opportunities for LNG as a fuel in coastal and inland shipping in Eu-rope. LNG can help shipping operators meet strict emissions standards, such as those that are due to apply on the Rhine.? The new LNG-propelled inland tank-ers will carry enough LNG as fuel to sail from Rotterdam to Basel and back without refuelling. Dubbed ?Green-stream? barges, they will feature four 400-horsepower SGI-16 CGM Scania engines from one of Europort?s exhibi- tors SandÞ rden Technics, driving HCM 434F generators. Lex van der Loo, SandÞ rden Tech- nics? Managing Director, is also one of the members of the advisory board of Europort, and he believes that Europort 2013 will offer an ideal opportunity to those interested in developing LNG as a fuel to see how aspiration is being turned into reality. van der Loo said that LNG has the potential to make a ?profound change? within the shipping industry, especially as long as the LNG fuel price remains as it is today. ?I believe that there is signiÞ cant po- tential for gas-electric propulsion, par- ticularly when it comes to inland vessels, ferries and feeders,? he said. ?While many topics will be addressed at Euro-port 2013, perhaps LNG as fuel is top of the agenda, given the timing and loca-tion of the event.?Keel Laying at Peters Shipyard @ EUROPORTPanel 1: LNG by NumbersA recent Lloyds Register (LR) study, LNG-fueled deep sea shipping ? the outlook for LNG bunker and LNG-fuelled newbuild demand up to 2025, uses a base case scenario envisaging 653 LNG-fueled newbuild-ings entering service worldwide with LNG bunker de-mand reaching 24 million tons in the period to 2026. PANEL 2: Recent Moves - 22 LNG-fueled vessels currently in operation have been classed by DNV. In addition DNV has 18 LNG-fueled newbuilding contracts and three conver- sions underway. - Wärtsilä , has been contracted to supply ship de-sign services and the power and propulsion system for a LNG powered Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) to be built at Hellesøy Verft for owner Siem Offshore and on-charter to TOTAL. - The port of Hamburg has a feasibility study in-vestigating new LNG bunkering infrastructure and considering run its harbor vessels on LNG. - Marquand & Bahls , through its subsidiary Bomin, and Linde have established a JV to build LNG infra-structure in Europe and establish a supply chain. MR #5 (58-65).indd 61MR #5 (58-65).indd 615/2/2013 2:43:39 PM5/2/2013 2:43:39 PM